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    <p>I'm developing an addon for <a href="http://www.xbmc.org" rel="nofollow">XBMC</a> that checks for files to delete based upon disk space availability. I am having trouble checking for disk space on my Windows 7 share from Linux-based operating systems, including Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu, etc. XBMC uses python 2.6 by the way.</p> <p>My current code is as follows:</p> <pre><code>import os loc1 = "smb://geert/e/Downloads/" loc2 = "/home/" stats = os.statvfs(loc) print stats </code></pre> <p>In the code above <code>loc1</code> is the path that gives trouble. It appears as if the <code>statvfs</code> module cannot handle <code>smb://</code> paths, because I keep getting the error below. When I try <code>loc2</code> everything is fine. I have searched high and low for a definitive answer to this question, but could not find any.</p> <pre><code>/usr/bin/python2.7 statvfstest.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "statvfstest.py", line 8, in &lt;module&gt; print os.statvfs(loc) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'smb://geert/e/Downloads/' </code></pre> <p><strong>Steps I have tried:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>I have tried the <code>psutil</code> module as I have seen recommended frequently in other questions on this site, but it appears to merely be a wrapper for the <code>statvfs</code> method and thus results in the same error message, only with a longer stack trace.</p></li> <li><p>Mounted the <code>e</code> share and used the proper credentials. The share is visible from the file manager and shows the correct contents.</p></li> <li><p>I have added credentials to <code>loc1</code> in the form <code>smb://user:pass@geert/e/Downloads/</code>.</p></li> <li><p>Any combination of the above three methods, all to no avail.</p></li> </ul> <p>Could you please help me reliably test the amount of free space available on my Windows share, from a Linux PC, using smb network paths? If at all possible I would like to refrain from adding extra modules to my addon just for this feature, to ensure it stays lightweight. </p> <p>Thanks in advance,</p> <p>Geert</p>
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    1. COWhen you mount the share do you stil use `"smb://share/"` as the location or for example `"/mnt/share/"`?
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    2. COYes (I think) I do (my experience with linux is limited). The location bar in the file manager displays `smb://geert/e/Downloads` and the sidebar shows `e on geert`.
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    3. COOk. I'm not _the_ expert either but I'll try to explain. When you _mount_ a disk / partition / share in linux it becomes part of the file system in a certain location: the mount point. E.g a USB drive could become available in the folder e.g. `/media/drive/`. In a way a mount point is the equivalent of a drive letter in Windows.
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