# GetFileSize action returns Mb in formatted value instead of MB

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getfilesize-action-returns-mb-in-formatted-value-instead-of-mb/3451
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [September 12, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getfilesize-action-returns-mb-in-formatted-value-instead-of-mb/3451 "2012-09-12T05:47:53Z")
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### Author: ![morgan\_scientific\_inc](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@morgan\_scientific\_inc](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/morgan_scientific_inc)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getfilesize-action-returns-mb-in-formatted-value-instead-of-mb/3451/1 "2012-09-12T05:47:53Z")

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Mb is megabits, MB is megabytes.   
  
 I haven’t checked, but I suspect the same is occurring for Kb and KB.   
  
 What is really being returned is now called MiB (mibibytes). We have the marketing departments in the hard drive industry to thank for the bastardization of MB (by calling 1MB = 1,000,000 bytes instead of 2^20). But I won’t hassle anyone for failing to use MiB.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/getfilesize-action-returns-mb-in-formatted-value-instead-of-mb/3451/2 "2012-09-13T03:36:05Z")

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Thanks for the report, I have checked in a fix for the next update.