On 8 Apr 2014, at 9:19 AM, Nick Rogers <roger...@mac.com> wrote:
> I just need to know, if a file is fragmented or not. I don’t need the frags
> details etc.
> Its for showing extended info about the selected file, like whether it is
> fragmented or not.
>
> Is it possible with out raw reading the volume (for its catalog file)?
>
> I have also seen Carbon File Manager’s FSGetCatalogInfo() and fstat() and
> they don’t return this info.
I agree that it’s an implementation detail of the filesystem, and in any event
not a matter for a Cocoa discussion list.
In a modern file system, physical storage of files is either meaningless, or
always (three-nines) fragmented, barring first write on a virgin disk.
— F
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