common/prettysize.py
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     1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
       
     2 #
       
     3 # prettysize - print data sizes in format easily readable by humans
       
     4 #
       
     5 # Copyright (c) 2011  Radek Brich <radek.brich@devl.cz>
       
     6 #
       
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     8 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
       
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    22 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
       
    23 # THE SOFTWARE.
       
    24 
       
    25 iec_prefixes = ('Ki', 'Mi', 'Gi', 'Ti', 'Pi', 'Ei', 'Zi', 'Yi')
       
    26 si_prefixes = 'kMGTPEZY'
       
    27 big_prefixes = 'KMGTPEZY'
       
    28 
       
    29 
       
    30 def prettysize(num, base=1024, prefixes=si_prefixes, unit='B', sep=' '):
       
    31     '''Convert data size in bytes to human readable aproximation.
       
    32 
       
    33     Beware that default output is invalid by recent standardization.
       
    34     Still, this form was in use for ages.
       
    35 
       
    36     For standardized output, see prettysize_si and prettysize_iec.
       
    37 
       
    38     '''
       
    39     prefixes = list(prefixes)
       
    40     prefix = ''
       
    41     num = float(num)
       
    42     while True:
       
    43         if num < base:
       
    44             # format number
       
    45             out = '{:.2f}'.format(num)
       
    46             # cut off trailing zeros
       
    47             out = out.rstrip('0')
       
    48             if out.endswith('.'):
       
    49                 out = out[:-1]
       
    50             return out + sep + prefix + unit
       
    51         num /= base
       
    52         prefix = prefixes.pop(0)
       
    53 
       
    54     raise OverflowError('Number is too large.')
       
    55 
       
    56 
       
    57 def prettysize_si(num, **kw):
       
    58     return prettysize(num, base=1000, **kw)
       
    59 
       
    60 
       
    61 def prettysize_short(num):
       
    62     return prettysize(num, unit='', sep='', prefixes=big_prefixes)
       
    63 
       
    64 
       
    65 def prettysize_iec(num):
       
    66     return prettysize(num, prefixes=iec_prefixes)
       
    67