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] HTH, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list