Files of -1B in size

Lundis · Post by **Lundis** » 2004-10-17 16:28

I've seen files with the size -1B, I asked one what size it really had and it didn't exist, yet.
It seems it only exist in the filelist, why?

And I think that in some circumastances, they are next to a .dctmp file from the same download. Only from 0.4034

So is this a bug or an "undocumented feature"?

(my 100th post!)

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2004-10-17 16:29

As far as I am aware, -1 is sometimes shown for file lists because you don't yet know how big they are.

Guitarm · Post by **Guitarm** » 2004-10-17 16:35

Is it like this? http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/forum ... php?t=9390

Lundis · Post by **Lundis** » 2004-10-17 17:09

If dc can't know how big they are, doesn't that mean they don't exist? And why are they in the filelist?

And I read that topic and I don't think it's the same. It was about the filelist being -1B, not files in the filelist.

PseudonympH · Post by **PseudonympH** » 2004-10-18 21:43

I saw this happen a while ago. I added some files to the queue to download to a directory I had shared. I had the auto-add files to share when complete on, and they showed up in my filelist with size -1. It seemed to fix itself after a refresh, though. (Okay, I was actually using BCDC, but meh.)

paka · Post by **paka** » 2005-01-11 01:33

I came across "-1" size with filelists not being downloaded because of no slots available. As I found in QueueManager.h, "-1" is the symbol that DC++ uses for the unknown size of a filelist before it starts to download. And the reason for the size being shown in the transfer window is (as I suppose) the fact that the user has no extra slots (small file/filelist) available (huge filelist or very slow upload), but DC++ shows the name and size of each file that failed to start and the user is online.

DeathStalker77 · Post by **DeathStalker77** » 2005-01-11 04:02

Ok, there is a difference here - I have seen TTH Searches show a FILESIZE as -1B, even though the TTH matches - I have not determined if there is any client version correlation or anything like that.

There is a DIFFERENT issue with the FILELIST showing as -1B - that normally happens when DC++ can't get a slot for the list - like if you are using v668 and trying to get a v305 (or older) filelist.

---DeathStalker

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2005-01-12 17:15

PseudonympH wrote: I had the auto-add files to share when complete on, and they showed up in my filelist with size -1.

Gentlemen, this is the answer.

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