Hi, On Tue, Jan 26, info@edoc.co.za wrote:

is there a way to find the actual total filesize used by the files within a directory and its subdirectories?

Thanks

Nico -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v

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At 14:57 26/01/99 +0200, you wrote:

is there a way to find the actual total filesize used by the files within a directory and its subdirectories?

Thanks

Nico -

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