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

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> 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.

I would suggest "what does it matter?"

It's not like some other file is going to use the unused portion of some disk 
block, or, as suggested, unused part of 4096 bytes ....