Check filesystem space

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Check how much space (in KB) is available on a directory's current partition.

body common control
{
      bundlesequence => { "example" };
}

bundle agent example
{
  classes:
      "has_space" expression => isgreaterthan($(free), 0);

  vars:
      "free" int => diskfree("/tmp");

  reports:
    has_space::
      "The filesystem has free space";
    !has_space::
      "The filesystem has NO free space";
}

R: The filesystem has free space

This policy can be found in /var/cfengine/share/doc/examples/diskfree.cf and downloaded directly from github.

Example output:

# cf-agent -f unit_diskfree.cf
R: Freedisk 48694692
# df -k /tmp
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1      149911836 93602068  48694692  66% /
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