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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-19 04:35, David Froble wrote:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

>> 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 ....

No. But if you implement FTP, or a web server, or any number of other 
tools/programs, they are expected to report file sizes in bytes, and the 
byte count should be *accurate*. Even one byte off is not acceptable.
And that becomes costly if your system do not keep that information, and 
you have to calculate it yourself.

	Johnny