FUNCTIONS: add chk_space

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/FUNCTIONS b/FUNCTIONS
index aedb6faa48..7115c44d9a 100755
--- a/FUNCTIONS
+++ b/FUNCTIONS
@@ -912,3 +912,15 @@ function check_dependees_versionjump()
 . $GRIMOIRE/glselect.function
 . $GRIMOIRE/bzr_download.function
 . $GRIMOIRE/hg_download.function
+
+
+# some spells need lots of disk space
+# chk_space looks for $1 GB
+chk_space() {
+SPACE=`df --output=avail,target -l -BG|grep " /$" |cut -dG -f1 |sed "s/ //g"`
+if [[ $SPACE -lt "$1" ]];then
+  echo "${PROBLEM_COLOR}insufficient space on root device. $SPELL requires >= $1 GB${DEFAULT_COLOR}"
+  return 1
+fi
+return 0
+}