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Article #29212Re: Why can't the Finder show folder sizes?
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1988 06:00
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1988 06:00
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In order for the Finder to tell you the total size of a folder, it must add up the sizes of all the folders contained within that folder, which requires it to add up the sizes of all the folders contained within that, etc. In other words, if you were to open up a disk icon in non-icon display mode, it would have to access the directory entries for every file on the disk. For a large disk this process could be time consuming. If the disk is being accessed over the network (e.g. using AppleShare) it would be even slower. When you do a Get Info on a folder, it does this summation of all folders subordinate to the one you are getting info on. Since Get Info is a less frequent operation than simply opening a folder, the expense is more justifiable. Barry Margolin Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com uunet!think!barmar
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!think!barmar From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why can't the Finder show folder sizes? Message-ID: <22068@think.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 88 06:00:14 GMT References: <5173@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: usenet@think.UUCP Reply-To: barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA Lines: 19