On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:15:45 +0200, גדי &#1489;ן אבי <[email protected]> wrote:
>A track on a 3390 type disk has 56,664 bytes. >If you multiply the number of tracks (297,141) by that you get 16,837,197,624 or about 16GB. > >This is a rough estimate. The actual count can depend on parameters you use to transfer the file, the actual data in the file and other factors. > >For example, if the file has many blanks at the end of each record, the actual size on your computer will probably by smaller. > One thing to be aware of is whether the file is SMS compressed or not! I do have some PS files which are compressed using SMS. Since these are textual files, they compress __very__ well. If I remember correctly, I usually get about 2.5:1 compression on them. So this method, which is good in the general case, will fail for me on these particular files. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
