os.fstatvfs() - os

             
The method fstatvfs() returns information about the file system containing the file associated with file descriptor fd. This returns the following sturcture:


f_bsize: file system block size 
f_frsize: fragment size 
f_blocks: size of fs in f_frsize units
f_bfree: free blocks 
f_bavail: free blocks for non-root
f_files: inodes 
f_ffree: free inodes 
f_favail: free inodes for non-root 
f_fsid: file system ID
f_flag: mount flags
f_namemax: maximum filename length 

Syntax

os.fstatvfs(fd)

Example

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Open a file
fd = os.open( "foo.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )

# Now get  the touple
info = os.fstatvfs(fd)

print "File Info :", info

# Now get maximum filename length
print "Maximum filename length :%d" % info.f_namemax:

# Now get free blocks
print "Free blocks :%d" % info.f_bfree

# Close opened file
os.close( fd)

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


File Info : (4096, 4096, 2621440L, 1113266L, 1113266L, 
             8929602L, 8764252L, 8764252L, 0, 255)
Maximum filename length :255
Free blocks :1113266

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