doc/handbook/occupied-space.docbook

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0007 <sect1 id="calculate">
0008   <title>Calculate Occupied Space</title>
0009   <indexterm>
0010     <primary>Occupied Space</primary>
0011   </indexterm>
0012   <!-- Thanks to Heiner Eichmann -->
0013   <para>There are two ways to calculate the occupied space of
0014   files/folders.</para>
0015   <itemizedlist>
0016     <listitem>
0017       <para>Pressing the
0018       configurable shortcut for the <guilabel>Calculate occupied space</guilabel> on a folder under the cursor
0019       instantly calculates the occupied size.</para>
0020     </listitem>
0021     <listitem>
0022       <para>To calculate how much disk space is occupied by the
0023       selected files and folders in the active panel select
0024         <menuchoice>
0025           <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
0026           <guimenuitem>Calculate Occupied Space</guimenuitem>
0027         </menuchoice>.
0028       After a small delay, a dialog box will be
0029       displayed with total occupied space and the number of files
0030       and folders you selected. The space occupied by every
0031       selected folder will be shown as if the user just pressed
0032       configurable shortcut on those folders. If the active
0033       panel is browsing an archive, the numbers will apply to the
0034       unpacked size of the selected files and folders, not
0035       their compressed size. After the calculation the selection
0036       state will be toggled and the cursor will move one step
0037       downwards.</para>
0038     </listitem>
0039   </itemizedlist>
0040   <para>Calculating the occupied space on remote
0041   file systems is supported.
0042   <note>
0043     <para>Performing this operation on a very large file system
0044     (thousands of files) may be time-consuming. You can cancel the
0045     calculation process at any time by clicking the
0046     <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.</para>
0047   </note></para>
0048 </sect1>