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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
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Subject: Re: How big is my folder?
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Date: 14 Aug 90 20:36:59 GMT
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In article <65286.26C3A4C3@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Adam.Frix@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:
>Richard Quadrel   writes in a message on 08/08/90 at 17:59:00 ...
>
>RQ>  If I display the contents of a folder "By Size", the Finder 
>RQ>  will tell me the size of each of the files, but prints the size 
>RQ>  of a folder as "--". 
>RQ>  Is there some utility available that can tell me how many K 
>RQ>  the files and sub-folders within a folder consume?
>
>
>The new Finder that will come with System 7.0 will do exactly this.  But for
>right now....sorry, I can't help you.  I mean, if even DiskTop won't do it...

There's a new file compression utility called Compactor that has proven
to be everything that I wanted from a program of this kind. My $25 shareware
fee will be in the mail real soon now...

Compactor understand folder hierarchies and stuff like that a lot better
than St*ffit. It allows you to view the files in several different orders.
Folder contents size is always visible and the files can even be sorted
using the criteria.

Why is Compactor so good?
	1) It is extremely MultiFinder-friendly.
	2) It allows you to add files into the archive, but doesn't pack
	   them until you save the archive. You can collect files from
	   multiple sources, edit the archive and work on it and only then
	   do the packing with a single save command.
	3) It packs better than stuffit.

The only drawback is a limit of 1500 files per archive. I hit this limit while
trying to add my 80MB partition to an archive. I didn't want to pack all this
stuff. I just wanted to see folder sizes to better understand where to go
looking for more room. I did the same thing with my 20MB partition. I ended
up packing some of the larger software packages and saving 4MB of disk space.

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