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



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

SYNOPSIS
           bytes_to_string: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.



SystemTap Tapset Reference                                 August 2011                               FUNCTION::BYTES_TO_S(3stap)