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Thanks for the info!
>>Hi Sergey,
>> I am working with a file compression routine that will be
>>used to compress each file in a backup folder,
>>xx = compressit(FILETOSTR("C:\BACKUP\INPUT.BMP")),
>>and then copy the compressed file from a MVAR to a file on a floppy disk,
>>STRTOFILE(xx, "A:\OUTPUT.BMP"). I want to know if the floppy disk
>>will hold the next file. If not, I will prompt for a new floppy.
>>Terry :)
>
>len(xx) will give you the length of the character variable, in bytes.
>
>Won't you run into the problem that a single file is bigger than a complete floppy disk? Most compression programs have the option of splitting files among more than one floppy disk. Perhaps you should consider this too - for files that are too big for a single floppy, and for more efficient use of available space, in general.
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