Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-users] Questions on using ethere al / tethereal

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From: Shaun Jackman <sjackman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:04:22 -0000
Also consider the standard SI units. e.g.
	5 MB = 5 * 1000 * 1000
	5 MiB = 5 * 1024 * 1024

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

Cheers,
Shaun


> Or we could use a specifier, e.g., -C5M for 5 MB (1024 * 1024) and -C5m for
> 5,000,000 bytes (1000 * 1000). Of course, allow K, k, M, m, G and g. Enabyte
> (EB) and petabyte (PB) will not be useful yet I think :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Olivier