How do you get the size of a file in MATLAB?

Question

What is the best way to figure out the size of a file using MATLAB? The first thought that comes to mind is size(fread(fid)).

Answer 1

This code works for any file and directory (no need for absolute path) :

    dirInfo=dir(pwd);
    index = strcmp({dirInfo.name},[filename, '.ext']); % change the ext to proper extension 
    fileSize = dirInfo(index).bytes