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FUNCTION::BYTES_TO_S(3stap) Memory Tapset FUNCTION::BYTES_TO_S(3stap)

NAME

function::bytes_to_string - Human readable string for given bytes

SYNOPSIS


bytes_to_string:string(bytes:long)

ARGUMENTS

bytes

Number of bytes to translate.

DESCRIPTION

Returns a string representing the number of bytes (up to 1024 bytes), the number of kilobytes (when less than 1024K) postfixed by ´K´, the number of megabytes (when less than 1024M) postfixed by ´M´ or the number of gigabytes postfixed by ´G´. If representing K, M or G, and the number is amount is less than 100, it includes a ´.´ plus the remainer. The returned string will be 5 characters wide (padding with whitespace at the front) unless negative or representing more than 9999G bytes.

SEE ALSO0

tapset::proc_mem(3stap)

June 2018 SystemTap Tapset Reference