File Size

Hi, I'm trying to create a method that will return a file size as a string, similar to how the Finder does. Although I get "a result" it's not the "same result" as reported in the Finder :( It turns out that in the Finder KB are 1000 bytes, MB are 1000 KB etc. I wasted a fair bit of time on

Re: File Size

KB = 1000 bytes KiB = 1<<10 bytes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options:

Re: File Size

Thanks Keisuke > The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1998 My computer science degree predated that and I've never struck it before! You learn something new every day.

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> Le 15 janv. 2018 à 08:15, Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a écrit : > > I use this (french "octet" stands for "byte") unit tests… ASSERT(Num_bytesToStr (MAXLONG^2)="4611,7 Po") ASSERT(Num_bytesToStr (MAXLONG*1000)="2,1 To") ASSERT(Num_bytesToStr (MAXLONG)="2,1 Go")

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> Le 15 janv. 2018 à 02:27, Wayne Stewart via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com > > a écrit : > > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a method that will return a file size as a string, > similar to how the Finder does. I use this (french "octet" stands for "byte")