Jami's Blog: Helpful Python Methods

Monday, February 02, 2009

import os

def getFreeSpace(path):
# Gets the number of free bytes in the given path

st = os.statvfs(path)

return st.f_bsize * st.f_bavail

def getFileSize(filepath):

# Gets the size of the file in bytes

try:

st = os.stat(filepath)

except IOError:

print "Failed to get size of", filepath

else:

return st[6]