Sometimes it's useful to show how large a file is on a wesite. If anything, showing the file size allows the user to guage roughly how long it's going to take to download/open it.
Fortunately the combination of ruby and rails make this easy:
number_to_human_size(File.size("#{doc.filename}"))number_to_human_size is a rails number helper. It takes a number in bytes and formats it as a file size with KB, MB etc. to show how large it is.
File.size is a ruby method. It just evaluates the size of the file and returns it in bytes. Very handy for the number_to_human_size helper.
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Google'd this and it came up on your site! BINGO. Cheers mate.
Peter at 18 Apr 08 at 03:43
Well I was looking for something else. But this came in handy anyway. Thanks
Carlos at 09 Aug 08 at 09:28
I found this via Google. I think it was actually the first result. Great blog and nice clean site design, I love it.
Sean Kibler at 02 Nov 08 at 02:33
Only today really looked for this one and got here... It's been a while since posted but I just had to give you congrats, great finding! Best regards!
Abraão Coelho at 08 Dec 08 at 18:10
Thanks,
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Igor Pro at 31 Dec 08 at 03:12
nice one! exactly what I was looking for ;)
thx
maurizio de magnis at 04 Aug 09 at 09:58
was very helpful....
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