Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!littlei!intelisc!rudolph From: rudolph@intelisc.UUCP (David Rudolph) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why can't the Finder show folder sizes? Message-ID: <280@intelisc.UUCP> Date: 20 Jun 88 18:17:44 GMT References: <5173@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <22068@think.UUCP> Reply-To: rudolph@intelisc.UUCP (David Rudolph) Organization: Intel Scientific Computer, Beaverton, OR Lines: 15 In article <22068@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes: > >In order for the Finder to tell you the total size of a folder, it >must add up the sizes of all the folders contained within that folder, >which requires it to add up the sizes of all the folders contained >within that, etc. >... How about at least providing an option (maybe set in the control panel??) to show folder sizes if desired. Since I tend to use shallow tree depths (not many subsubsub...folders), I don't think it would be very time consuming in my case. It would also be useful on floppies, where it couldn't take too much time. David Rudolph rudolph@isc.intel.com