Re: Get the empty space on a file system

2008-02-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
2) knowing the file system from 1), how to check the remaining space in the file system? You normally just start writing and deal with the errors that come from full file systems when they show up. The C functions set errno accordingly. The reason is that the system lies about the

Re: Get the empty space on a file system

2008-02-18 Thread Heiko Wundram (Beenic)
Am Montag, 18. Februar 2008 11:25:39 schrieb Olivier Nicole: How to: 1) knowing the name of the directory, how toknow the file system it belongs to (not considering symbolic links, I can decide that the directory is always a real path); 2) knowing the file system from 1), how to check

Re: Get the empty space on a file system

2008-02-18 Thread Dominic Fandrey
Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am writing a C application that would store files in a directory. Before it starts storing files, I would like the application to check is there is enough space in the file system. How to: 1) knowing the name of the directory, how toknow the file system it