Get file size without using System.IO.FileInfo?

Question

Is it possible to get the size of a file in C# without using System.IO.FileInfo at all?

I know that you can get other things like Name and

Answer 1

From a short test i did, i've found that using a FileStream is just 1 millisecond slower in average than using Pete's GetFileSizeB (took me about 21 milliseconds over a network share...). Personally i prefer staying within the BCL limits whenever i can.

The code is simple:

using (var file = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
    return file.Length;
}