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File Size Question

I'm writing a function where I'm comparing file sizes of the same file on two
separate machines (client & server) and I'm using the
System.IO.FileInfo.Length property.

Is there a chance the Length can be different on the machines if the drives
were formatted with different cluster sizes? Also, is there a relatively low
chance of that happening?
Mar 13 '06 #1
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Felix <Fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm writing a function where I'm comparing file sizes of the same file on two
separate machines (client & server) and I'm using the
System.IO.FileInfo.Length property.

Is there a chance the Length can be different on the machines if the drives
were formatted with different cluster sizes? Also, is there a relatively low
chance of that happening?


No, it shouldn't happen at all if they've got the same actual data in.

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Mar 13 '06 #2
Thanks Jon. I understand now that the file size length is different than how
that file is stored on disk.

Do you know if the consumer platform matters in regards to file size? For
example, does Linux, Unix, or OSX return the same file size for a binary file
than a Windows machine?
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:
Felix <Fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm writing a function where I'm comparing file sizes of the same file on two
separate machines (client & server) and I'm using the
System.IO.FileInfo.Length property.

Is there a chance the Length can be different on the machines if the drives
were formatted with different cluster sizes? Also, is there a relatively low
chance of that happening?


No, it shouldn't happen at all if they've got the same actual data in.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

Mar 13 '06 #3
Felix <Fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Thanks Jon. I understand now that the file size length is different than how
that file is stored on disk.

Do you know if the consumer platform matters in regards to file size? For
example, does Linux, Unix, or OSX return the same file size for a binary file
than a Windows machine?


Yes, if the data is the same then it certainly should.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Mar 14 '06 #4

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