DataSmash 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
Steve Holden wrote:
> Jeff Schwab wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The UFS and ext2 filesystem space allocation routines become very
> inefficient when free space gets too low, so fo
Christian Heimes wrote:
> Jeff Schwab wrote:
>> 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.
>
> man mkfs
>
> :)
Thank you.
Looks like the feature is only supported by particular file systems. I
don't see
Jeff Schwab wrote:
> 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.
The UFS and ext2 filesystem space allocation routines become very
inefficient when free space gets too low, so for regular uses the
filesystem
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 su
Jeff Schwab wrote:
> 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.
man mkfs
:)
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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
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
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:32:09 -0800, 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 -
>
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 al
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.sta
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
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