• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: Folder size
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Folder size


  • Subject: Re: Folder size
  • From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:02:08 -0800

Why use the pipe at all when:

du -sk

Will give you just the summary line on its own?

In any case, that will tell you if the folder in question will fit on a
single CD, but won't help split the folder up if it's too big, which is a
whole other issue.

Andrew
:)

On 2/25/04 11:22 AM, "Brent Baisley" <email@hidden> wrote:

> You could do pretty easy with a shell command:
>
> du -ck FolderPath | tail -1
>
> That's a pipe (vertical bar) a capital i or a lower case L. That will
> return a single line in this format:
> # total
>
> On Feb 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Mike Wendelken wrote:
>
>> I would like to know if I can applescript a large size folder into
>> smaller
>> folders. I would like to do this so it can accommodate the size of a
>> 700mg CD. Is there a way that the folder structure can stay in tack
>> when
>> switching from new folder to new folder. Any help or direction will be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Michael Wendelken/TSR
>> Nec Inc.
>> 345 7th Ave Suite 1101
>> New York,NY 10001
>> Phone: 646-733-9166 ext. 4009
>> Fax: 646-733-9178
>> email@hidden
>> _______________________________________________
>> applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
>> Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
>> http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.


References: 
 >Re: Folder size (From: Brent Baisley <email@hidden>)

  • Prev by Date: Working with QuarkXPress bounds
  • Next by Date: Re: Folder size
  • Previous by thread: Re: Folder size
  • Next by thread: Re: Folder size
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread