Re: [Boost-users] [BULK] [filesystem] function to determineavailable space

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-12 16:20:19

"Sohail Somani" <s.somani_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:1C1EBEF8DBACDC439D038EA051674EC709C5D4_at_xbox.financialcad.com...
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes
>> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:23 AM
>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: [BULK] [Boost-users] [filesystem] function to
>> determine available space
>> Importance: Low
>>
>>
>> I'm planning to add a filesystem function to determine
>> available disk space.
>> Perhaps something like:
>>
>> struct space_status
>> {
>>   boost::uintmax_t  available;  // free space available to user
>>   boost::uintmax_t  total;        // total space on volume
>> };
>>
>> space_status filesystem_space( const path & p );
>>
>> Comments?
>
> Standard unit of measure? Bytes? Megabytes? Gigabytes?

Bytes. Individual bytes still matter in some applications.

--Beman