Formats a size (for example the size of a file) into a human
readable string. Sizes are rounded to the nearest size prefix
(KB, MB, GB) and are displayed rounded to the nearest tenth.
E.g. the file size 3292528 bytes will be converted into the
string "3.1 MB".
The prefix units base is 1024 (i.e. 1 KB is 1024 bytes).
This string should be freed with g_free() when not needed any longer.
Parameters
Deprecatedsize: number
a size in bytes
Returns string
a newly-allocated formatted string containing a human readable file size
Since
2.16
Deprecated
since 2.30: This function is broken due to its use of SI suffixes to denote IEC units. Use g_format_size() instead.
Formats a size (for example the size of a file) into a human readable string. Sizes are rounded to the nearest size prefix (KB, MB, GB) and are displayed rounded to the nearest tenth. E.g. the file size 3292528 bytes will be converted into the string "3.1 MB".
The prefix units base is 1024 (i.e. 1 KB is 1024 bytes).
This string should be freed with
g_free()when not needed any longer.