[openbeos] Re: Incorrect File Sizes
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 10:21:12 +0100 (MET)
This has been discussed multiple time already...
We simply can't report the total size as filesize, because it would break
all applications that doesn't deal with attributes (including all POSIX
things).
Also attributes are just what their name tell, just "attributes to a file",
not part of it :-)
François.
En réponse à Scott MacMaster <zqxh@xxxxxxx>:
> From the BeBook, I found two ways to get the file size.
>
> BStatable::GetSize()
> BStatable::GetStat()
>
> Not much is said about either method. However, it looks like they
> return
> just the regular size.
>
> It's simple to get the size of a file's attributes. I think it would
> make
> more sense if tracker displayed the total file size.
>
>
> Scott MacMaster
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donovan Schulteis" <deej@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:01 PM
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: Incorrect File Sizes
>
>
> > >The bug is simply, the size of attributes aren't added to the file
> > size.
> >
> > Most mail clients, even many on BeOS itself, do not send the
> attributes
> > with the file, so it was probably something not expected to be
> needed.
> >
> > Is there even some sort of system call that can get the attributes
> size
> > in the BeAPI (total for all attributes or for a single attribute)?
> I
> > suppose I could grab my BeBook and find out myself, but it's in the
> > other room, and I'm being lazy tonight. :P
> >
> > Is this something that should be there if it isn't already? If so,
> is
> > this an RFC item for the OSBOS standards? :P
> >
> > Deej
> >
> >
> >
>
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