[boost] [filesystem] revised function to determine available file system space

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-12 16:28:32

I'm planning to add a filesystem function to determine available disk space.
Perhaps something like:

struct space
{
  boost::uintmax_t  available;  // bytes available to user
  boost::uintmax_t  total;        // total bytes on volume
};

space filesystem_space( const path & p );

Comments?

How safe is the assumption that uintmax_t is large enough nowadays for any 
modern compiler on a system supporting large disks.

Better suggestions for the names?

--Beman

PS: this is slightly revised from a post on the users list.