[openbeos] Re: Incorrect File Sizes

  • From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 22:35:01 EST (-0500)

Matt Verran wrote on  Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:56:33 GMT:
> This has been mentioned before, I would agree that file size is != real 
> filesize, and can cause trouble when sending via email.... IMHO and 
> OpenTracker issue.

Yup, it's just measuring the size of the file's ordinary data.
Attributes are internally stored as a separate "file" of their
own (if they don't fit in the inode block) and I guess nobody
is counting up those numbers.

- Alex



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