ULOS 2

• Index

Contents

• Functions

Libraries

• syscalls
• argcompat
• copier
• getopt
• i18n
• permissions
• readline
• serialization
• sizes
• termio
• treeutil

Examples

• getopt.build.lua
• getopt.process.lua

Module sizes

Some utility functions for formatting of data sizes i.e.

file sizes.

Functions

format (size[, base=1024[, ssuffix=""]])	Format a size with the given base.
format10 (size)	Format a size in base 10.

Functions

format (size[, base=1024[, ssuffix=""]])

Format a size with the given base. This function returns a string with the last character set accordingly. For example, sizes.format(2048) returns "2K". base defaults to 1024. The resulting size is always rounded to the nearest whole number.

Parameters:

• size number The size to format
• base number What to divide size by if it is larger than base (default 1024)
• ssuffix string A suffix to concatenate if size >= base (default "")

Returns:

string The formatted size

format10 (size)

Format a size in base 10. Equivalent to sizes.format(size, 1000, "i"). format10(4096) returns 4Ki.

Parameters:

• size number The size to format

Returns:

string The formatted size