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From: croley@walt.cc.utexas.edu (David T. Croley)
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Subject: Average file sizes.
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Date: 19 Feb 90 03:14:53 GMT
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Here's a question for you:

	What is the average word-processor/spreadsheet file size
on your PC?

I'm trying to figure out a good way to estimate this besides doing a lot
of real-word "look at Joe's hard drive and find out" type stuff.  I had
thought that perhaps someone had already tackled this problem, but I can't
find anything.
Any pointers what-so-ever would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, my current estimate is around 8-12 Kbytes.  Note that I am really only
interested in files that are written often (such as wp-files and other data
files).  This is because I am trying to decide how big to make a write-cache.

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David T. Croley 			      The University of Texas at Austin
croley@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu    "All work and no play makes Jack a dull computer."
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