I doesn't wash cars either, so is that a bug too? --- Scott MacMaster <zqxh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > It makes sense that the file size doesn't include the size of the > name of a > file or other meta data that the file system adds. However, users > add > attributes to files. Attributes can become big. Users are concerned > about > disk space and how much they are using. Users (me, for example) want > to > know how much space their attributes use. Be doesn't display that > information. It doesn't do something a user wants. Therefore it is > a bug. > > > Scott MacMaster > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruno G. Albuquerque" <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:50 AM > Subject: [openbeos] Re: Incorrect File Sizes > > > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Scott MacMaster wrote: > > > > > I just noticed that Be doesn't correctly calculate file sizes. > I'm not > sure > > > of the details but I think the bug is probably in the BFS rather > then > > > tracker. I wonder if this has been dealt with in OpenBFS? > > > > > > The bug is simply, the size of attributes aren't added to the > file size. > > > > It is not a bug. Attributes are metadata, not directly part of the > file > > data. For instance, no filesystem adds the size of the name o the > file, > > the permision bits and all other possible metadata to the size of > the > > file. > > > > -Bruno > > > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 > > ===== ======= Frank D. Engel, Jr. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com