I am unable to find a suitable utility to just indicate the file system usage (% space free for partitions) on the panel.
And I am not looking forward to install any bad kinds of desktop management tool, but a simple indicator.
I appreciate all your suggestions.
While the answer at the bottom of this one can be used (see [2.]), it lead to a ppa -version with additional options, to be set in a preferences window.
Options include:
Setting theme colors for the panel icon:
Show info on newly mounted / connected volumes in a notification:
Run on Startup
Furthermore, the indicator now includes a smaller (width) icon set for other distro's (like xfce), which will be automatically applied, depending on the window manager.
To install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vlijm/spaceview
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spaceview
The script below is an indicator that lists your devices and shows their usage. The information is updated (if necessary) once per ten seconds.
Furthermore
While the indicator is running, you can choose a device to be represented in the icon. The device will be remembered on the next time you run the indicator:
For one or more (or all) devices, you can set an alternative name ("custom name"), to be set in the head of the script
As an example, this:
alias = [
["sdc1", "stick"],
["sdb1", "External"],
["sda2", "root"],
["sda4", "ntfs1"],
["sda5", "ntfs2"],
["//192.168.0.104/media", "netwerk media"],
["//192.168.0.104/werkmap_documenten", "netwerk docs"],
]
Will show:
You can set a threshhold; if the free space of either one of your devices is below that, you'll get a warning:
Plugged/unplugged devices will be added/removed from the menulist within 10 seconds.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import os
import time
import signal
import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
gi.require_version('AppIndicator3', '0.1')
from gi.repository import Gtk, AppIndicator3, GObject
from threading import Thread
#--- set alias names below in the format [[device1, alias1], [device2, alias2]]
#--- just set alias = [] to have no custom naming
alias = []
#--- set the threshold to show a warning below
#--- set to 0 to have no warning
threshold = 17
#---
currpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
prefsfile = os.path.join(currpath, "showpreferred")
class ShowDevs():
def __init__(self):
self.default_dev = self.get_showfromfile()
self.app = 'show_dev'
iconpath = currpath+"/0.png"
self.indicator = AppIndicator3.Indicator.new(
self.app, iconpath,
AppIndicator3.IndicatorCategory.OTHER)
self.indicator.set_status(AppIndicator3.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
self.indicator.set_menu(self.create_menu())
self.indicator.set_label("Starting up...", self.app)
self.update = Thread(target=self.check_changes)
self.update.setDaemon(True)
self.update.start()
def check_changes(self):
state1 = None
while True:
self.state2 = self.read_devices()
if self.state2 != state1:
self.update_interface(self.state2)
state1 = self.state2
time.sleep(10)
def update_interface(self, state):
warning = False; self.newmenu = []
for dev in state:
mention = self.create_mention(dev)
name = mention[0]; deci = mention[2]; n = mention[1]
if n <= threshold:
warning = True
try:
if self.default_dev in name:
newlabel = mention[3]
newicon = currpath+"/"+str(10-deci)+".png"
except TypeError:
pass
self.newmenu.append(name+" "+str(n)+"% free")
if warning:
newlabel = "Check your disks!"
newicon = currpath+"/10.png"
try:
self.update_indicator(newlabel, newicon)
except UnboundLocalError:
labeldata = self.create_mention(state[0])
newlabel = labeldata[3]
newicon = currpath+"/"+str(10-labeldata[2])+".png"
self.update_indicator(newlabel, newicon)
GObject.idle_add(self.set_new,
priority=GObject.PRIORITY_DEFAULT)
def update_indicator(self, newlabel, newicon):
GObject.idle_add(self.indicator.set_label,
newlabel, self.app,
priority=GObject.PRIORITY_DEFAULT)
GObject.idle_add(self.indicator.set_icon,
newicon,
priority=GObject.PRIORITY_DEFAULT)
def set_new(self):
for i in self.initmenu.get_children():
self.initmenu.remove(i)
for item in self.newmenu:
add = Gtk.MenuItem(item)
add.connect('activate', self.change_show)
self.initmenu.append(add)
menu_sep = Gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
self.initmenu.append(menu_sep)
self.item_quit = Gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
self.item_quit.connect('activate', self.stop)
self.initmenu.append(self.item_quit)
self.initmenu.show_all()
def change_show(self, *args):
index = self.initmenu.get_children().index(self.initmenu.get_active())
self.default_dev = self.newmenu[index].split()[0]
open(prefsfile, "wt").write(self.default_dev)
self.update_interface(self.read_devices())
def create_mention(self, dev):
name = dev[1] if dev[1] else dev[0]
n = dev[2]; deci = round(dev[2]/10)
newlabel = name+" "+str(n)+"% free"
return (name, n, deci, newlabel)
def create_menu(self):
# create initial basic menu
self.initmenu = Gtk.Menu()
self.item_quit = Gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
self.item_quit.connect('activate', self.stop)
self.initmenu.append(self.item_quit)
self.initmenu.show_all()
return self.initmenu
def read_devices(self):
# read the devices, look up their alias and the free sapace
devdata = []
data = subprocess.check_output(["df", "-h"]).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
relevant = [l for l in data if all([
any([l.startswith("/dev/"), l.startswith("//")]),
not "/loop" in l])
]
for dev in relevant:
data = dev.split(); name = data[0]; pseudo = None
free = 100-int([s.strip("%") for s in data if "%" in s][0])
for al in alias:
if al[0] in name:
pseudo = al[1]
break
devdata.append((name, pseudo, free))
return devdata
def get_showfromfile(self):
# read the preferred default device from file
try:
defdev = open(prefsfile).read().strip()
except FileNotFoundError:
defdev = None
return defdev
def stop(self, source):
Gtk.main_quit()
ShowDevs()
GObject.threads_init()
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
Gtk.main()
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Setting up is simple:
showusage.pyIn the headsection of the script, set (possible) alternative names (aliasses). Below an example:
alias = [
["sda2", "root"],
["sdb1", "External"]
]
If you want to display the devices unchanged, use:
alias = []
...and if you want, change the threshold to show a warning:
#--- set the threshold to show a warning below (% free, in steps of 10%)
#--- set to 0 to have no warning
threshold = 10
That's it
To use the indicator, run the command:
python3 /path/to/showusage.py
To add it to Startup Applications, use the command:
/bin/bash -c "sleep 10 && python3 /path/to/showusage.py"
Choose Applications: Dash > Startup Applications > Add, add the command above.
disclaimer: I am author of this indicator and it is written for this specific question
The indicator now supports listing network shares. Thanks to mihaigalos
The indicator now has unmount functionality and aliases have been made unique by referring to UUID of each partition instead of block device name such as sda1. See the related bug report
The indicator is now in version 2.0, has added a few features and has its own PPA.
To install from PPA, use the following steps in terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:udisks-indicator-team/ppasudo bash -c 'apt-get update && apt-get install udisks-indicator'As mentioned in the release notes the features include:
Below is the screenshot with default Ubuntu icon theme:
Ubuntu Kylin icon theme
With all optional fields off
In the making of this indicator , I hoped to achieve a utility that would be suitable for advanced and casual users alike. I tried to address some of the issues that I've noticed the new users may have with handling command line tools. In addition, the utility strives to be multipurpose.
The Preferences dialog allows making the indicator as complex and/or as simple as the user desires. It was also a specific design decision to avoid having label in the top panel so that it doesn't take up too much of user's top panel space. In addition, this indicator strives to be multipurpose utility that allows mounting partitions as well as opening their respective directories. This can be used not just as disk usage utility , but also as navigation utility for quick opening of the directories.
It is also convenient for users to know which partition inhabits which disk, thus avoiding frequent confusion with mounting via command line utilities such as mount. Instead it employs udisksctl for that purpose ( as well as obtaining the information from UDisks2 daemon, hence the naming ). The only task that it does not perform is unmounting , and or this reason the Open Disks Utility menu entry is included.
While originally I strived to make it similar to iStat menulet , the project diverged from this goal - the indicator is unique in it's design and purpose. I hope it will be found useful for many users and make their Ubuntu experience much more pleasant.
Indicator for Ubuntu with Unity desktop to show disk usage
This indicator for Ubuntu with Unity allows easily view information about your mounted partitions. It strives to be visually similar to iStat Menu 3 menulet from OS X.
Entries are organized in order:
Clicking on each partition entry will open the partition's mountpoint in the default file manager
The "Unmounted Partitions" menu lists all the partitions not currently mounted by the system. Clicking on any entry in that submenu will mount that partition automatically, typically to /media/username/drive-id folder
The indicator uses default icons provided with the system, so the icon should be changing as you change the icon theme using Unity Tweak Tool or other methods
NOTE: if you want to add multiple aliases at the same time, instead of one by one via "Make Alias" option, you can do so via editing the ~/.partition_aliases.json configuration file. The format is as follows:
{
"sda1": "Alias 1",
"sda2": "Alias 2",
"sdb1": "Alias 3"
}
PPA for easy installation is coming soon . . .
In the mean time, here are alternative steps:
cd /tmpwget https://github.com/SergKolo/udisks-indicator/archive/master.zipunzip master.zipsudo install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator /usr/bin/udisks-indicatorsudo install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator.desktop /usr/share/applications/udisks-indicator.desktopAll these steps can be put into a nice little installation script:
#!/bin/bash
cd /tmp
rm master.zip*
wget https://github.com/SergKolo/udisks-indicator/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator /usr/bin/udisks-indicator
install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator.desktop /usr/share/applications/udisks-indicator.desktop
Original source code (Version v1.0) with basic functionality of this indicator can be found below. For newest features , check GitHub repository for this project. Please report any feature requests as well as errors on GitHub.
The /usr/bin/udisks-indicator:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Author: Serg Kolo , contact: 1047481448@qq.com
# Date: September 27 , 2016
# Purpose: appindicator for displaying mounted filesystem usage
# Tested on: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
#
#
# Licensed under The MIT License (MIT).
# See included LICENSE file or the notice below.
#
# Copyright © 2016 Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
import gi
gi.require_version('AppIndicator3', '0.1')
from gi.repository import GLib as glib
from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
from os import statvfs
#from collections import OrderedDict
import subprocess
import shutil
import dbus
import json
import os
class UdisksIndicator(object):
def __init__(self):
self.app = appindicator.Indicator.new(
'udisks-indicator', "drive-harddisk-symbolic.svg",
appindicator.IndicatorCategory.HARDWARE
)
if not self.app.get_icon():
self.app.set_icon("drive-harddisk-symbolic")
self.app.set_status(appindicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
filename = '.partition_aliases.json'
user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
self.config_file = os.path.join(user_home,filename)
self.cache = self.get_partitions()
self.make_menu()
self.update()
def update(self):
timeout = 5
glib.timeout_add_seconds(timeout,self.callback)
def callback(self):
if self.cache != self.get_partitions():
self.make_menu()
self.update()
def make_menu(self,*args):
""" generates entries in the indicator"""
if hasattr(self, 'app_menu'):
for item in self.app_menu.get_children():
self.app_menu.remove(item)
self.app_menu = gtk.Menu()
partitions = self.get_partitions()
for i in partitions:
part = "Partition: " + i[0]
alias = self.find_alias(i[0])
drive = "\nDrive: " + i[1]
mount = "\nMountPoint: " + i[2]
usage = "\n%Usage: " + i[3]
item = part + drive + mount + usage
if alias:
alias = "\nAlias: " + alias
item = part + alias + drive + mount + usage
self.menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(item)
self.menu_item.connect('activate',self.open_mountpoint,i[2])
self.app_menu.append(self.menu_item)
self.menu_item.show()
self.separator = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
self.app_menu.append(self.separator)
self.separator.show()
self.unmounted = gtk.MenuItem('Unmounted Partitions')
self.unmounted_submenu = gtk.Menu()
self.unmounted.set_submenu(self.unmounted_submenu)
for i in self.get_unmounted_partitions():
# TODO: add type checking, prevent swap
part = "Partition: " + i[0]
alias = self.find_alias(i[0])
drive = "\nDrive: " + i[1]
label = part + drive
if alias:
alias = "\nAlias: " + alias
label = part + alias + drive
self.menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(label)
self.menu_item.connect('activate',self.mount_partition,i[0])
self.unmounted_submenu.append(self.menu_item)
self.menu_item.show()
self.separator = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
self.unmounted_submenu.append(self.separator)
self.separator.show()
self.app_menu.append(self.unmounted)
self.unmounted.show()
self.separator = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
self.app_menu.append(self.separator)
self.separator.show()
self.make_part_alias = gtk.MenuItem('Make Alias')
self.make_part_alias.connect('activate',self.make_alias)
self.app_menu.append(self.make_part_alias)
self.make_part_alias.show()
user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
desktop_file = '.config/autostart/udisks-indicator.desktop'
full_path = os.path.join(user_home,desktop_file)
label = 'Start Automatically'
if os.path.exists(full_path):
label = label + ' \u2714'
self.autostart = gtk.MenuItem(label)
self.autostart.connect('activate',self.toggle_auto_startup)
self.app_menu.append(self.autostart)
self.autostart.show()
self.open_gnome_disks = gtk.MenuItem('Open Disks Utility')
self.open_gnome_disks.connect('activate',self.open_disks_utility)
self.app_menu.append(self.open_gnome_disks)
self.open_gnome_disks.show()
self.quit_app = gtk.MenuItem('Quit')
self.quit_app.connect('activate', self.quit)
self.app_menu.append(self.quit_app)
self.quit_app.show()
self.app.set_menu(self.app_menu)
def mount_partition(self,*args):
# TODO: implement error checking for mounting
return self.run_cmd(['udisksctl','mount','-b','/dev/' + args[-1]])
def get_mountpoint_usage(self,mountpoint):
fs = statvfs(mountpoint)
usage = 100*(float(fs.f_blocks)-float(fs.f_bfree))/float(fs.f_blocks)
return str("{0:.2f}".format(usage))
def get_partitions(self):
objects = self.get_dbus('system',
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2',
'/org/freedesktop/UDisks2',
'org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager',
'GetManagedObjects',
None)
partitions = []
for item in objects:
try:
if 'block_devices' in str(item):
drive = self.get_dbus_property('system',
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2',
item,
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block',
'Drive')
if drive == '/': continue
mountpoint = self.get_mountpoint(item)
if not mountpoint: continue
mountpoint = mountpoint.replace('\x00','')
drive = str(drive).split('/')[-1]
usage = self.get_mountpoint_usage(mountpoint)
part = str(item.split('/')[-1])
partitions.append((part,drive,mountpoint,usage))
except Exception as e:
#print(e)
pass
# returning list of tuples
partitions.sort()
return partitions
def get_mountpoint(self,dev_path):
try:
data = self.get_dbus_property(
'system',
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2',
dev_path,
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem',
'MountPoints')[0]
except Exception as e:
#print(e)
return None
else:
if len(data) > 0:
return ''.join([ chr(byte) for byte in data])
def get_unmounted_partitions(self):
objects = self.get_dbus('system',
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2',
'/org/freedesktop/UDisks2',
'org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager',
'GetManagedObjects',
None)
partitions = []
for item in objects:
try:
if 'block_devices' in str(item):
drive = self.get_dbus_property('system',
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2',
item,
'org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Block',
'Drive')
if drive == '/': continue
mountpoint = self.get_mountpoint(item)
if mountpoint: continue
drive = str(drive).split('/')[-1]
part = str(item.split('/')[-1])
if not part[-1].isdigit(): continue
partitions.append((part,drive))
#print(partitions)
except Exception as e:
#print(e)
pass
partitions.sort()
return partitions
def get_dbus(self,bus_type,obj,path,interface,method,arg):
if bus_type == "session":
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
if bus_type == "system":
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
proxy = bus.get_object(obj,path)
method = proxy.get_dbus_method(method,interface)
if arg:
return method(arg)
else:
return method()
def get_dbus_property(self,bus_type,obj,path,iface,prop):
if bus_type == "session":
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
if bus_type == "system":
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
proxy = bus.get_object(obj,path)
aux = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties'
props_iface = dbus.Interface(proxy,aux)
props = props_iface.Get(iface,prop)
return props
def make_alias(self,*args):
partitions = [ i[0] for i in self.get_partitions() ]
combo_values = '|'.join(partitions)
#print(combo_values)
command=[ 'zenity','--forms','--title','Make Alias',
'--add-combo','Partition','--combo-values',
combo_values,'--add-entry','Alias' ]
user_input = self.run_cmd(command)
if not user_input: return
alias = user_input.decode().strip().split('|')
existing_values = None
if os.path.isfile(self.config_file):
with open(self.config_file) as conf_file:
try:
existing_values = json.load(conf_file)
except ValueError:
pass
with open(self.config_file,'w') as conf_file:
if existing_values:
existing_values[alias[0]] = alias[1]
else:
existing_values = {alias[0]:alias[1]}
#print(existing_values)
json.dump(existing_values,conf_file,indent=4,sort_keys=True)
def find_alias(self,part):
if os.path.isfile(self.config_file):
with open(self.config_file) as conf_file:
try:
aliases = json.load(conf_file)
except ValueError:
pass
else:
if part in aliases:
return aliases[part]
else:
return None
def toggle_auto_startup(self,*args):
user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
desktop_file = '.config/autostart/udisks-indicator.desktop'
full_path = os.path.join(user_home,desktop_file)
if os.path.exists(full_path):
os.unlink(full_path)
else:
original = '/usr/share/applications/udisks-indicator.desktop'
if os.path.exists(original):
shutil.copyfile(original,full_path)
self.make_menu()
def open_mountpoint(self,*args):
pid = subprocess.Popen(['xdg-open',args[-1]]).pid
def open_disks_utility(self,*args):
pid = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-disks']).pid
def run_cmd(self, cmdlist):
""" Reusable function for running external commands """
new_env = dict(os.environ)
new_env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
try:
stdout = subprocess.check_output(cmdlist, env=new_env)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
pass
else:
if stdout:
return stdout
def run(self):
""" Launches the indicator """
try:
gtk.main()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
def quit(self, data=None):
""" closes indicator """
gtk.main_quit()
def main():
""" defines program entry point """
indicator = UdisksIndicator()
indicator.run()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
The /usr/share/applications/udisks-indicator.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Udisks Indicator
Comment=Indicator for reporting partition information
Exec=udisks-indicator
Type=Application
Icon=drive-harddisk-symbolic.svg
Terminal=false
Ubuntu Mate 16.04 test:
Gnome users need an extension (KStatusNotifierItem/AppIndicator Support) to make the indicator behave properly:
Install Sysmonitor Indicator:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor
and it has "Available Space in File System" option.
There is another answer using basic Sysmonitor Indicator but you can create your own custom panel with as much information as you like.
First step is to figure out how to calculate partition use percentage:
$ percentage=($(df -k --output=pcent /dev/sda1))
$ echo "${percentage[1]}"
13%
Here is a bash script to use as "custom" option in Sysmonitor Indicator. It will show the percentage used on the first three partitions on /dev/sda:
#!/bin/bash
echo "sda1: "
percentage=($(df -k --output=pcent /dev/sda1))
echo "${percentage[1]}"
echo " | sda2: "
percentage=($(df -k --output=pcent /dev/sda2))
echo "${percentage[1]}"
echo " | sda3: "
percentage=($(df -k --output=pcent /dev/sda3))
echo "${percentage[1]}"
When running it will look like this:
For detailed instructions on installing Sysmonitor Indicator and assigning a custom script see this answer: Can BASH display in systray as application indicator?
/dev/sdb1and its usage right next to it ? In percent or actual gigabytes ? – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Sep 26 '16 at 10:30