From: Curious Person <antispam@...>
Date: 2003-01-29T02:02:06+09:00
Subject: Re: FileTest.size? vs du -b

ahoward <ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.33.0301281641050.8727-100000@eli.fsl.noaa.gov: 

<snip>
> 
> so accurate depends on you viewpoint : if you are concerned about the
> total size of files on disk the du is more accurate, if you simply
> want to know the size of a file to, for example, read it into a
> malloc'd array then stat (FileTest.size) is the way to go.
<snip>

Well, what I eventually want to do is have a script that fills CDRs up to 
capacity for mkisofs to burn (but not over).  Therefore, I need a way to 
measure size to ensure a good fit on the disc.  I'm not sure which would be 
better; blocks or bytes, though.  Would FileTest.size would be the most 
appropriate method to use?

Thanks again,
-C