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diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index dcad55e72e..944c9f87fa 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
show-version-and-exit
show-bug-report-information
string->number*
+ size->number
show-what-to-build
call-with-error-handling
with-error-handling
@@ -160,6 +161,38 @@ General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>"))
(or (string->number str)
(leave (_ "~a: invalid number~%") str)))
+(define (size->number str)
+ "Convert STR, a storage measurement representation such as \"1024\" or
+\"1MiB\", to a number of bytes. Raise an error if STR could not be
+interpreted."
+ (define unit-pos
+ (string-rindex str char-set:digit))
+
+ (define unit
+ (and unit-pos (substring str (+ 1 unit-pos))))
+
+ (let* ((numstr (if unit-pos
+ (substring str 0 (+ 1 unit-pos))
+ str))
+ (num (string->number numstr)))
+ (unless num
+ (leave (_ "invalid number: ~a~%") numstr))
+
+ ((compose inexact->exact round)
+ (* num
+ (match unit
+ ("KiB" (expt 2 10))
+ ("MiB" (expt 2 20))
+ ("GiB" (expt 2 30))
+ ("TiB" (expt 2 40))
+ ("KB" (expt 10 3))
+ ("MB" (expt 10 6))
+ ("GB" (expt 10 9))
+ ("TB" (expt 10 12))
+ ("" 1)
+ (_
+ (leave (_ "unknown unit: ~a~%") unit)))))))
+
(define (call-with-error-handling thunk)
"Call THUNK within a user-friendly error handler."
(guard (c ((package-input-error? c)