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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dear Apple: Finder feature wanted
Message-ID: <1108@apple.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 20:22:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.1108
Posted: Fri Jun 19 20:22:51 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 01:00:03 EDT
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Reply-To: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: size of folders

In article <5449@ut-ngp.UUCP> jdm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Jim Meiss) writes:
>	Have you ever wondered how many bytes are contained in each of
>your folders? Now I know you can use the get-info boxes, but why doesn't
>display by Size report this? Presumably it would take time for the finder
>to search through the directory to get the up-to-date size, but it would
>be nice if this was at least an option.

Remember, it would not only have to look in the folder, but in any folders
inside, and any folders inside them, and...

This is why that feature was removed when HFS support was added, and is
only available via Get Info (i.e., requires a concious choice).  Try doing
Get Info on a deeply nested hierarchy and you'll see why the Finder doesn't
do this.
-- 
David Goldsmith
Apple Computer, Inc.

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