DataSmash wrote: > On Feb 15, 1:32 pm, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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) > > > Chris, > Much thanks. That's just what I need. > > Jeff, > Not sure what's taking up the "available" space, but it's about 12GB > on my system. > Interesting.
Available space is how much you can actually access as a non-root user. Apparently (thank you Jean-Paul), space can be reserved for superuser use only; such space is "free," but not "available." I'm not sure how superuser-only space would be reserved in the first place. I don't see anything relevant in the fdisk man page. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list