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Chuck Pelto <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:07:09 -0700
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On Jan 16, 2006, at 4:56 AM, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:

>> ....how do I determine the size of the disk image I need to create?
>
> You can use 'du' to see the disk usage of your source folder. I  
> would add some margin of safety to account for file system overhead  
> (better safe than sorry).
>
> Use the -k option to get it in kilobytes. Uh, I don't recall if  
> that's in 1000s or 1024s.

On the other hand, this -srcfolder param looks promising. No need to  
do the calc, the system should already be able to do that.

However, WHY is it that the Disk Utility is NOT AE-aware? This is a  
gross oversight on the part of the product manager.

Chuck

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