SizeReporter

The SizeReporter application was developed to be a small command line tool that generates a CSV / TSV (tab separated file) report of the disk usage.

It runs from the console and can be triggered by scheduled jobs or be run by scripts. It does not make any GUI call (no pop-ups, no dialogs) so it can also be run safely by services or continuous integration systems (CI) like CruiseControl for example.

The CSV file can be read by MS excel directly or imported into Open office calc for example to process the results and create reports or diagrams. The executable only has two parameters: the directory to parse (may be a network path) and the depth of reporting.

During a run, the tool displays the current state in the console and reports the current directory being parsed as well as intermediate results.

After running, the tool generates two files: sizereport_errors_20100414-193146.log sizereport_result_20100414-193146.csv