Re: Fcp sizes and time

Jerome Flesch schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question regarding byte sizes in Fcp. Along with some requests
>> sizes are passed as 1G or 1000K.
>>
>>     
> I would be interrested to know where you saw that. From what I know, FCP 
> always provide/need sizes/times in bytes/seconds (except for things related 
> to the node config, see below).
>   

ConfigData
    current.node.outputBandwidthLimit=12K
    current.node.storeSize=1G
    (...)
EndMessage

>> Quite obvious what it's about but 
>> nevertheless it is not documented.
>>
>> Can I assume Fcp always uses kibs and values are always passed following
>> this patttern?
>>
>> -1 (not set)
>> n
>> n*1000 or (n)K
>> n*1.000.000 or (n)M
>> (...)
>>
>> The only time value (except from secs since epoch) I faced so far is one
>> I got in
>> response to GetConfig. It read '1HOUR'. Is there a similar pattern for
>> time values to rely on?
>>
>>     
> This value comes directly from the node configuration, and node configuration 
> is made to be human readable. Imo, that's the only reason why this time is 
> not given in seconds.
>
>   
ConfigData
    default.logger.interval=1HOUR
EndMessage


To make these values adjustable by users I have to parse them.
So there should be a spec somewhere. It would be enough to give
me a pointer where to find it in freenets sources (still a bit lost
in there) and I'd happily add a page regarding Fcp types to the wiki.


Juergen