Calling `du` is possible but I prefer to avoid these kinds of solutions. (OS-specific, parsing text output from a third-party program.)
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 02May2017 22:07, Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote: > >> I have a suggestion: Add a function shutil.get_dir_size that gets the size >> of a directory, including all the items inside it recursively. I currently >> need this functionality and it looks like I'll have to write my own >> function for it. >> > > Feels like a rather niche function. Had you considered just calling "du" > via subprocess and reading the number it returns? > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> >
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