Warn server admin about filling the filesystem

Send warning to server admin if some of your hard drives is getting full.

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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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# --- configurations --- #

# programs
df_prog = '/bin/df'

# limits to warn user
bytes_available = 15000000
max_usage_percent = 85

# Locations to backup (configure these with full paths)
exclude_fs = ['udev','tmpfs', 'none']


# --- Code starts --- #

import subprocess

def print_warning(lineparts) :
    print('WARNING: %s (%s) is low on space. Using %.1f of %.1f GB (%s), %.1f GB available.' 
        % (lineparts[5], lineparts[0], float(lineparts[2]) / 1048576, 
        float(lineparts[1]) / 1048576, lineparts[4], float(lineparts[3]) / 1048576) )


df = subprocess.Popen([df_prog], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
output = df.communicate()[0]
lines = output.split("\n")

for i in range(1, len(lines)):
    lineparts = lines[i].split()
    if (len(lineparts) > 5 and not lineparts[0] in exclude_fs):
        if (lineparts[3] <= bytes_available): print_warning(lineparts)
        if (int(lineparts[4].split('%')[0]) >= max_usage_percent): 
            print_warning(lineparts)