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

NAME
       function::bytestostring - Human readable string for given bytes

SYNOPSIS
           bytestostring: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 ALSO
       tapset::procmem(3stap)



SystemTap Tapset Reference         June 2018       FUNCTION::BYTESTOS(3stap)