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A method for seeing how a disk (on MS Windows) is used.
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#! python | |
import os | |
import shutil | |
import argparse | |
import json | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Creates a report about the distribution over folders of disk use.') | |
parser.add_argument('drive_letter', nargs=1, metavar='drive letter', help='The drive that should be analysed.') | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
def analyse(drive_letter): | |
print('Analysing', drive_letter, 'drive...') | |
base_dir = '{drive_letter}:\\'.format(drive_letter=drive_letter) | |
dir_size = 4096 | |
total_space, space_used, space_free = shutil.disk_usage(base_dir) | |
bytes_remaining = space_used | |
print('total space: {tot}GB, used space: {used}GB, free space: {free}GB'.format(tot=total_space//2**30, used=space_used//2**30, free=space_free//2**30)) | |
output = {base_dir: {'total_space': total_space, 'used_space': space_used, 'free_space': space_free}} | |
skips = 0 | |
current_tick = '/' | |
for dir_name, dir_list, file_list in os.walk(base_dir): | |
if is_junction(dir_name): | |
continue | |
file_size = 0 | |
files = {} | |
for file_name in file_list: | |
try: | |
if os.path.islink(os.path.join(dir_name, file_name)): | |
continue | |
size = os.path.getsize(os.path.join(dir_name, file_name)) | |
files[file_name] = size | |
bytes_remaining -= size | |
print('Bytes left to analyse:', bytes_remaining, end='\r') | |
file_size += size | |
except OSError: | |
print('can\'t get the size of', os.path.join(dir_name, file_name)) | |
skips += 1 | |
the_path = dir_name.split('\\') | |
cur_dict = output[base_dir] | |
for dire in the_path[1:]: | |
try: | |
cur_dict = cur_dict[dire] | |
except KeyError: | |
cur_dict[dire] = {'file_size': file_size} | |
cur_dict[dire]['files'] = files | |
bytes_remaining -= dir_size | |
with open('disk_use.json', 'w') as json_output: | |
json_output.write(json.dumps(output)) | |
print('finished analysis') | |
def is_junction(path): | |
mode = os.lstat(path).st_mode | |
return mode == 16895 | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
analyse(args.drive_letter[0]) |
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