check_free_space_in_dir

astropy.utils.data.check_free_space_in_dir(path, size)

Determines if a given directory has enough space to hold a file of a given size. Raises an IOError if the file would be too large.

Parameters:

path : str

The path to a directory

size : int

A proposed filesize (in bytes)

Raises:

IOError : There is not enough room on the filesystem