How to find the available free space in a system using java

[akhila]

is there a way of finding the hdd space, free space ,temp space
and swap space etc using java ? since the system class of java
corresponds only to the jvm, how does one actually get hold of the
system info...is there an OS dependent way of doing it ? supposing my
OS is Linux what how can i get this info?

 

[Thomas Hawtin]

is there a way of finding the hdd space, free space ,temp space
and swap space etc using java ? since the system class of java
corresponds only to the jvm, how does one actually get hold of the
system info...is there an OS dependent way of doing it ? supposing my
OS is Linux what how can i get this info?

From 1.6 there will be java.io.File.getFreeSpace and getUsableSpace.
Before that you are left with the choice of using JNI or Runtime.exec.

Tom Hawtin

 

[Adam Warner]

From 1.6 there will be java.io.File.getFreeSpace and getUsableSpace.
Before that you are left with the choice of using JNI or Runtime.exec.

akhila may enjoy reading one of Sun's most infamous bug reports:
<http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4057701>

The last comment may be helpful:

Submitted On 10-JAN-2006

[by pi10t]

hi!

if you don't want to wait Java 6 you may use Jakarta Project Commons IO
library. It provides one class with the function of retrieving the free
space on a disk.

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/io/description.html

Regards,
Adam