Display Home folder space in Menu Bar

[derr1ck]

Hi,

I would like to create a small app that shows the logged in user how much space is left in their User directory visually within the menu bar. Is there a way to do this within livecode without any 3rd party apps/software?

Thanks in advance for any help forthcoming

[Klaus]

Hi derr1ck,

this is not possible with the build in functionality of Livecode.


Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

The diskSpace function may help.

[Klaus]

Richard,

checking the empty space is definitively not the problem here!


Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

I may not have correctly interpreted "shows the logged in user how much space is left in their User directory" - does the system in question impose user-specific quotas?

[Klaus]

Hi Richard,

I was actially referring to this part: "... within the menu bar"


Best

Klaus

[derr1ck]

Yes Richard, there is a quota on user accounts, but its only enforced by a php script that runs nightly & checks the users account and if over quota moves the account from the Users folder. I want a visual display of the users account space while the user is logged in or something that pops up before the user logs out displaying how much space the account has.

[FourthWorld]

Since this is on a server, the good news is that you could probably write a PHP script to return that info. But the bad news is what Klaus drew my attention to: you'll have to find another place to display that than the menubar, unless you want to write an external to hook into that.