Re: File size
Re: File size
- Subject: Re: File size
- From: email@hidden (Michael Sullivan)
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:21:20 -0400
- Organization: Society for the Incurably Pompous
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Hi all,
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Anyone how knows how to get the size (MB) of a file from the finder?
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My script only give me some odd result.
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The script:
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copy "Macintosh HD:Script_folder:images_to_database:" as text to the_vol
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set searchFolder to (the_vol & "in:")
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set myList to list folder alias searchFolder without invisibles
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repeat with myFilename in every item in myList
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set theFile to alias (searchFolder & myFilename)
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tell application "Finder"
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get size of theFile
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end tell
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end repeat
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-- result: 1.75208E+5
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-- The size of the file is 172 K according to Finder.
You got the size in bytes.
Divide by 1024 to get the size in KB, or 1024^2 to get the size in MB.
Michael
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Michael Sullivan
Business Card Express of CT Thermographers to the Trade
Cheshire, CT email@hidden
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