file.volumeBlockSize

Syntax	file.volumeBlockSize (path)
Params	path is the name of the volume whose block size you wish to determine.
Action	Determines the allocation block size of the designated volume.
Returns	The block size of the volume in bytes.
Examples	file.volumeBlockSize ("C:\\")    » 32768 file.volumeBlockSize ("System:") // an 80 megabyte hard disk    » 2048 file.volumeBlockSize ("Dialog:") // an 800K floppy    » 512 This script displays the size on disk of a data file: f = "System:testfile"; filesize = file.size (f); blocksize = file.volumeBlockSize (file.volumeFromPath (f)); return ((filesize + blocksize - 1) / blocksize * blocksize)    » 6144
Errors	Attempting to find out the allocation block size of a non-existent volume results in an error message.
Notes	The allocation block size of a volume is the physical amount of space allocated to a file as it grows. A file containing 1 byte of data will occupy an entire block of disk space.
See Also	file.freeSpaceOnVolume file.volumeSize