Expert: Narendra - 2/15/2005

Question
which C function lets me know about size of free disk space in current directory?
im using gcc, Linux Advances Server 3 , Dell P-IV
regards

Answer
There are two functions which you can use.
They are:
1. df
2. du

There are manual pages installed in your Linux box using which you can learn how to use them.

To find the size occupied by any directory, you can use the command:
du -sh <dir-name>

For knowing the used and available space on the mounted filesystems, you can use the command:
df -h

Hope this helps....

-Narendra