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How to Check Disk Free Space in Python with shutil.disk_usage

This Python script uses the standard library shutil.disk_usage to report total, used, and free disk space in bytes, plus a percentage usage figure.

shutil disk usage disk space
Python
import shutil


def check_disk_free_space(path="/"):
    """Return a tuple of total, used, and free disk space in bytes."""
    usage = shutil.disk_usage(path)
    return usage.total, usage.used, usage.free


if __name__ == "__main__":
    total, used, free = check_disk_free_space()
    print(f"Total: {total:,} bytes"…
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How to write an INI config section with configparser in Python

Create an INI configuration file with sections using Python's configparser module and write it to disk.

configparser ini configuration
Python
import configparser

config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config["General"] = {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": "8080",
    "debug": "true"
}
config["Database"] = {
    "name": "appdb",
    "user": "admin",
    "password": "secret"
}

with open("example.ini", "w") as file:
    config.write(file)

with open("examp…
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