Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:42:28 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: jamtat@citycom.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re: download sizes Message-ID: <20000826214228.B257@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000826195550.A74225@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 07:55:50PM %2B0100 References: <260800239.37581@134.48.35.169> <20000826195550.A74225@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 07:55:50PM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > jamtat@citycom.com wrote: > > > Perhaps there's a simpler way? > > Than trying to use an FTP client as a web browser? Shouldn't that be the other way round? I think part of the problem was that IE (which the original poster was using) doesn't show file sizes; it does an ``ls'' type display, not ``ls -l'' type. > Of course there > is. Use a real FTP client, then you can see the sizes in a directory > listing. > > > Any further tips? Just a ballpark figure would suffice: > > I'm not looking for anything terribly precise. > > The base bin distribution is probably 30-40MB, manpages which I strongly > recommend are probably about 10MB. They're just guesses. > > Alternatively, count the number of files ending in a two letter suffix > (.aa to .zz, though there are never enough to go to .zz). Each of those > is exactly 235KB, so it's just a simple multiplication from there. The > last one will be smaller, but that doesn't matter for your purposes. > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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