WB & DirectoryOpus indicate that an amigados disk formated with FFS has
899072 bytes free. When I try to copy files from a directory on my
harddisk that DirectoryOpus tells me contains 809564 bytes of files,
DirectoryOpus tells me that the disk is full before all the files are
copied over. Are there some 'hidden' bytes used that cause the
discrepency?
=Rick=
Hi Richard. When DOpus displayes the byte count in the status bar (and when you
use the GetSizes/Byte command), it just displays a total of the lengths of each
file. However, each file can use up to two additional blocks (it always uses
one additional block) for storing header information, etc. FFS data blocks are
512 bytes each, so you can see that for each file you might need up to 1024
bytes extra to fit it on the disk.
The new CheckFit command in Opus 4.0 takes this "blocking-factor" into account,
and displays a true representation of how much space you will require on the
floppy.
Jon