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From: somani@parns.nsc.com (Anil Somani)
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Subject: Finding diskspace status programatically.
Keywords: df disk space blocks free
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Date: 24 Aug 89 17:44:00 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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What is the best way to find out current available diskspace 
from within a program? One way is -
             system("df . > /tmp/somename");
             and then parse the file /tmp/somename.
I am sure there is a better way. I am using SunOS 4.0.3.

thanks in advance,
-Anil


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