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| SUFFIXES = {1000: ['KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'], | |
| 1024: ['KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB', 'EiB', 'ZiB', 'YiB']} | |
| def approximate_size(size, a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes=True): | |
| """Convert a file size to human-readable form. | |
| Keyword arguments: | |
| size -- file size in bytes | |
| a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes -- if True (default), use multiples of 1024, | |
| if False, use multiples of 1000 |