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1-It is not obvious how to get the free space, in a directory. Here is working code from the [[CudaText]] project.
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3-``` Pascal
1+It is not obvious how to get the free space, in a directory. Here is working code from the [[CudaText]] project.
2+```
43uses SysUtils;
5-
6-function AppDiskGetFreeSpace(const fn: string): Int64;
7-begin
8- {$ifdef linux}
9- //this crashes on FreeBSD 12 x64
10- exit(SysUtils.DiskFree(SysUtils.AddDisk(ExtractFileDir(fn))));
11- {$endif}
12-
13- {$ifdef windows}
14- exit(SysUtils.DiskFree(SysUtils.GetDriveIDFromLetter(ExtractFileDrive(fn))));
15- {$endif}
16-
17- //cannot detect
18- exit(-1);
19-end;
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5+ function AppDiskGetFreeSpace(const fn: string): Int64;
6+ begin
7+ {$ifdef linux}
8+ //this crashes on FreeBSD 12 x64
9+ exit(SysUtils.DiskFree(SysUtils.AddDisk(ExtractFileDir(fn))));
10+ {$endif}
11+
12+ {$ifdef windows}
13+ exit(SysUtils.DiskFree(SysUtils.GetDriveIDFromLetter(ExtractFileDrive(fn))));
14+ {$endif}
15+
16+ //cannot detect
17+ exit(-1);
18+ end;
2019```
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22-The "fn" parameter should be any filename in the needed directory. E.g. if we need to get free space in the directory '/home/user/media', pass parameter fn as '/home/user/media/a'.
21+The "fn" parameter should be any filename in the needed directory. E.g. if we need to get free space in the directory '/home/user/media', pass parameter fn as '/home/user/media/a'.
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24-Note: code does not support Unixes other than Linux, because real tests show, that code for "\$ifdef linux" part is crashing on FreeBSD 12 x64. Under FPC 3.2-fixes. [Gitlab issue](https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/issues/39428).
23+Note: code does not support Unixes other than Linux, because real tests show, that code for "$ifdef linux" part is crashing on FreeBSD 12 x64. Under FPC 3.2-fixes. [Gitlab issue](<https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/issues/39428>).
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27-*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Free disk space", as it stood on 2022-01-30 after a change by Alextp, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*
28-Category: Code Snippets
26+*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Free disk space", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2024-09-09. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*

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