Free Space on Disk Volumes?

From: Martin, Marc <"Martin,>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:05:29 -0700

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Hi all,

Some of my users have been having application crashes which has been traced
to them attempting to write to a full disk (on a shared server).
The Blackbox "Files" module apparently does not check prior to
registering a file if there is enough disk space remaining for it on the
disk, so my users get a trap window from a procedure withing "HostFiles".

I'd rather not have my users see a trap window for this, and instead
would like to provide them with useful feedback, like stating that
the disk they are attempting to write to is full. Is there an
elegant way within the framework to check for available free disk
space on a volume before attempting to register a file?

Thanks in advance,

Marc Martin
Boeing Commercial Space Company

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