[Info-vax] Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was Re: FREESPADRIFT)

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-18 kl. 20:48, skrev Kerry Main:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of Paul
>> Sture via Info-vax
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>> Cc: Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was Re:
>> FREESPADRIFT)
>>
> [snip]
>
>>
>>>> cf VMS only storing the block sizes of files rather than the number
> of
>>>> bytes; this can be problematic for utilities ported from a system
> which
>>>> has an easy/cheap way to supply the exact size in bytes.
>>>
>>> This was the example Linus Torvalds gave of why he hated VMS...
>>
>> Eh?  There are many reasons to dislike an OS but 'hating VMS' for that
>> *perceived* problem?  Really?
>>
>
> Btw, it's not that well known, but while the default display of file
> size and
> device free space is blocks, with OpenVMS, you can also get these values
>
> in bytes as well.

Yes, but that is a simple calculation with 1 block = 512 bytes.
It does not correctly display partially filled blocks. I guess
that what most here are talking about is the size up to the
marker. Convering the used/allocated number of blocks is simple.

Jan-Erik.