check disc space

[Gerrit Holl]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> (a third argument is that "free disc space" is a rather meaningless metric
> on a modern operating system; it's hardly ever useful for anything except
> "warning, warning, less than 5% free space" alerts.  you really don't want
> people to write "if os.getfreespace() >= len(buffer): f.write(buffer)" and
> file a bug when write fails ;-)

Well, I think that for installation programs, downloaders and file
managers, for example, it would be useful.

yours,
Gerrit.

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