[WEB4LIB] File Sizes on the Mac

[Christopher Handy]

> I seem to remember hearing that the Mac Finder "lies" about the true
> file size.  Does anyone know if this is true?  Do you know what size
> I should believe?

As already mentioned, the Finder's "Get Info" option will display the
"true" file size. I suppose you could view approximately the same
information within a Finder window if you put your files on a RAM disk. Or
more convenient might be to write a simple AppleScript droplet to total the
file sizes for you on your hard drive.

But I don't think any these will necessarily give you the same size
reported by your FTP client, since they all probably include the files'
resource forks in addition to the data. To get the actual data size of your
web pages, you might want to try something like the freeware Calculate Size
CMM plug-in:

http://www.vcnet.com/hide/download/cal.html

It generates both data and resource fork totals for any selected files (or
folders) and is easily accessed from a contextual menu.


Christopher Handy
Indianapolis, Indiana