Hello. I've had this happen before also. What it is with this? I think we do need a way of recovering files if we mistakenly erase them or lose them. Sharon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:53 PM Subject: [Braillenote] the number 623 for file size > Hi Listers, > Okay I find the number 623 very deceiving when I see a file that has no information in it listed with this number. I see this number when I ask of the file information in a file that has no characters in it. This seems weird to me. Why would the BN say 623 if there are clearly no characters in a file? I'm talking about files that are essetially empty when you go into the file manager mening and ask for information about these files. It just seems wrong. It should say 0 at this time if there are clearly no characters in the file. I find it deceiving because when you are looking for a file and you know it was supposed to have information in it and you get this number 623 you think oh the file does have something in it? I find this to be a cruel trick. The rson is since I have lost this file and I created the new one with the old file name I went to the file mager mening with some hope of finding the file. When I saw that number 623 with the information of the file not ! > I thought good there must be some information in here. Of course when I return to Key^. and find the file is empty because I have not rewritten my documentation I feel like I have been deceived. Like I thought I had found my missing file because to me the number 623 signals that there are 623 characters in a file when in reality it means 0. There's a difference of 623 between 0 characters and 623 characters. Why does this exist? Maybe I'm the only person bothered by this number. I would think others would have experienced my confusion. > Thank you for your time and your help. > Maybe the number 623 is there for a valid reason. If so I'd like to know that reason. > Lisa > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
