Chris wrote: > On Feb 15, 7:10 pm, DataSmash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I simply want to capture the free disc space in a variable so that I >> can compare changes. I'm aware of a few commands like "df -h" or "du - >> k", but I can't figure out how to capture those values as a variable. >> I also looked at os.statvfs(), but that output doesn't seem to make >> any sense at all to me, knowing the size of the disc. >> Thanks for your help! >> R.D. > > import os, statvfs > s = os.statvfs(".") > freebytes = s[statvfs.F_BSIZE] * s[statvfs.F_BAVAIL]
Is it worth distinguishing free bytes from available bytes? I've never seen them differ, and I'm not sure how they ever would... import os import statvfs def free_bytes(path): stats = os.statvfs(path) return stats[statvfs.F_BSIZE] * stats[statvfs.F_BFREE] def avail_bytes(path): stats = os.statvfs(path) return stats[statvfs.F_BSIZE] * stats[statvfs.F_BAVAIL] if __name__ == '__main__': import sys for path in sys.argv[1:]: print "%s:" % path, print "%dK free," % (free_bytes(path) / 1024), print "%dK available" % (avail_bytes(path) / 1024) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list