Util.formatSizeForDisplay

Formats a size (for example the size of a file) into a human readable string. Sizes are rounded to the nearest size prefix (KB, MB, GB) and are displayed rounded to the nearest tenth. E.g. the file size 3292528 bytes will be converted into the string "3.1 MB".

The prefix units base is 1024 (i.e. 1 KB is 1024 bytes).

This string should be freed with g_free() when not needed any longer.

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struct Util
static
string
formatSizeForDisplay
(
long size
)

Parameters

size long

a size in bytes

Return Value

Type: string

a newly-allocated formatted string containing a human readable file size

Detailed Description

Deprecated: This function is broken due to its use of SI suffixes to denote IEC units. Use g_format_size() instead.

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Since

2.16