diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 056748e..019889e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rda_python_common"
-version = "1.0.43"
+version = "1.0.44"
 authors = [
   { name="Zaihua Ji", email="zji@ucar.edu" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py b/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
index 8aef37f..204c834 100644
--- a/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
+++ b/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
@@ -1636,7 +1636,10 @@ def local_file_stat(file, fstat, opt, logact):
 
    info = {}
    info['isfile'] = (1 if stat.S_ISREG(fstat.st_mode) else 0)
-   info['data_size'] = fstat.st_size if info['isfile']  else local_path_size(file)
+   if info['isfile'] == 0 and logact&PgLOG.PFSIZE:
+      info['data_size'] = local_path_size(file)
+   else:
+      info['data_size'] = fstat.st_size
    info['fname'] = op.basename(file)
    if not opt: return info
    if opt&64 and info['isfile'] and info['data_size'] < PgLOG.PGLOG['MINSIZE']:
@@ -2573,7 +2576,7 @@ def local_file_size(file, opt = 0, logact = 0):
       if opt&4: lmsg(file, PgLOG.PGLOG['MISSFILE'], logact)
       return -1   # file not eixsts
       
-   info = check_local_file(file, 0, logact)
+   info = check_local_file(file, 0, logact|PgLOG.PFSIZE)
    if info:
       if info['isfile'] and info['data_size'] < PgLOG.PGLOG['MINSIZE']:
          if opt:
diff --git a/src/rda_python_common/PgLOG.py b/src/rda_python_common/PgLOG.py
index 1e78a97..b7756e0 100644
--- a/src/rda_python_common/PgLOG.py
+++ b/src/rda_python_common/PgLOG.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 SKPTRC = (0x400000)  # action to skip tracing when log errors
 UCNAME = (0x800000)  # action to change query field names to upper case
 UCLWEX = (0x800015)  # UCNAME|MSGLOG|WARNLG|EXITLG
+PFSIZE = (0x1000000)  # total file size under a path
 
 SUCCESS = 1   # Successful function call
 FINISH  = 2   # go through a function, including time out