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. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list