Use binary prefixes for size and rate units

Includes adding support for additional size input suffix Mi and MiB, treated equivalent to M.
Extends binary suffix output with letter i, e.g. Ki and Mi.
Centralizes creation of bit/byte unit strings.
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albertony 2021-03-02 20:11:57 +01:00 committed by Ivan Andreev
parent 2ec0c8d45f
commit 2925e1384c
62 changed files with 2614 additions and 281 deletions

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you supply the `--rmdirs` flag, it will remove all empty directories along wi
You can also use the separate command `rmdir` or `rmdirs` to
delete empty directories only.
For example, to delete all files bigger than 100MBytes, you may first want to check what
For example, to delete all files bigger than 100 MiByte, you may first want to check what
would be deleted (use either):
rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path
@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Then proceed with the actual delete:
rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path
That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MB", hence
delete all files bigger than 100MBytes.
That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MiB", hence
delete all files bigger than 100 MiByte.
**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i` flag.

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@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ When that happens, it is the user's responsibility to stop the mount manually.
The size of the mounted file system will be set according to information retrieved
from the remote, the same as returned by the [rclone about](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_about/)
command. Remotes with unlimited storage may report the used size only,
then an additional 1PB of free space is assumed. If the remote does not
then an additional 1 PiB of free space is assumed. If the remote does not
[support](https://rclone.org/overview/#optional-features) the about feature
at all, then 1PB is set as both the total and the free size.
at all, then 1 PiB is set as both the total and the free size.
**Note**: As of `rclone` 1.52.2, `rclone mount` now requires Go version 1.13
or newer on some platforms depending on the underlying FUSE library in use.