>> Why do you say that? It most definitely returns what the size currently >> is, not what it will be in the future (how could it know, anyway). > > I've seen this before, when copying a file in Windows. Windows reports > the size the file will be after the copy is complete (it knows, after > all, the size of the source file). I always thought this meant that > Windows is just much smarter than me, so I ignored it.
No, I really think the target file has its size right from the beginning. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list