Get HDD size programatically on MacOS using C++









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I am building an application and I need to get the HDD size:
I am working on Mac OS. I have tried this:



#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>

float MonitoringWorker::getHDDSize()

struct statfs statf;

statfs(".", &statf);

std::cout << "statf.f_bsize = " << statf.f_bsize << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_blocks = " << statf.f_blocks << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bavail = " << statf.f_bavail << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bfree = "<< statf.f_bfree << std::endl;
std::cout << "GB = "<< ((statf.f_bsize * statf.f_blocks) / kBytesInGB)<< std::endl;
return 0;




I am seeing that the result in GB is 465. However checking System Information tells me that I have 500GB
What am I doing wrong? Is this best way to get those numbers?



Note: I am using C++ on Mac OS, can't use Objective-C



Thanks in advance










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    The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
    – eprom
    Nov 11 at 15:57










  • how can I get the physical capacity, then?
    – RuLoViC
    Nov 11 at 19:16














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I am building an application and I need to get the HDD size:
I am working on Mac OS. I have tried this:



#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>

float MonitoringWorker::getHDDSize()

struct statfs statf;

statfs(".", &statf);

std::cout << "statf.f_bsize = " << statf.f_bsize << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_blocks = " << statf.f_blocks << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bavail = " << statf.f_bavail << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bfree = "<< statf.f_bfree << std::endl;
std::cout << "GB = "<< ((statf.f_bsize * statf.f_blocks) / kBytesInGB)<< std::endl;
return 0;




I am seeing that the result in GB is 465. However checking System Information tells me that I have 500GB
What am I doing wrong? Is this best way to get those numbers?



Note: I am using C++ on Mac OS, can't use Objective-C



Thanks in advance










share|improve this question



















  • 1




    The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
    – eprom
    Nov 11 at 15:57










  • how can I get the physical capacity, then?
    – RuLoViC
    Nov 11 at 19:16












up vote
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up vote
0
down vote

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I am building an application and I need to get the HDD size:
I am working on Mac OS. I have tried this:



#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>

float MonitoringWorker::getHDDSize()

struct statfs statf;

statfs(".", &statf);

std::cout << "statf.f_bsize = " << statf.f_bsize << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_blocks = " << statf.f_blocks << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bavail = " << statf.f_bavail << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bfree = "<< statf.f_bfree << std::endl;
std::cout << "GB = "<< ((statf.f_bsize * statf.f_blocks) / kBytesInGB)<< std::endl;
return 0;




I am seeing that the result in GB is 465. However checking System Information tells me that I have 500GB
What am I doing wrong? Is this best way to get those numbers?



Note: I am using C++ on Mac OS, can't use Objective-C



Thanks in advance










share|improve this question















I am building an application and I need to get the HDD size:
I am working on Mac OS. I have tried this:



#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>

float MonitoringWorker::getHDDSize()

struct statfs statf;

statfs(".", &statf);

std::cout << "statf.f_bsize = " << statf.f_bsize << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_blocks = " << statf.f_blocks << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bavail = " << statf.f_bavail << std::endl;
std::cout << "statf.f_bfree = "<< statf.f_bfree << std::endl;
std::cout << "GB = "<< ((statf.f_bsize * statf.f_blocks) / kBytesInGB)<< std::endl;
return 0;




I am seeing that the result in GB is 465. However checking System Information tells me that I have 500GB
What am I doing wrong? Is this best way to get those numbers?



Note: I am using C++ on Mac OS, can't use Objective-C



Thanks in advance







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  • 1




    The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
    – eprom
    Nov 11 at 15:57










  • how can I get the physical capacity, then?
    – RuLoViC
    Nov 11 at 19:16












  • 1




    The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
    – eprom
    Nov 11 at 15:57










  • how can I get the physical capacity, then?
    – RuLoViC
    Nov 11 at 19:16







1




1




The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
– eprom
Nov 11 at 15:57




The program gets the file system capacity, not the physical capacity of the HDD.
– eprom
Nov 11 at 15:57












how can I get the physical capacity, then?
– RuLoViC
Nov 11 at 19:16




how can I get the physical capacity, then?
– RuLoViC
Nov 11 at 19:16

















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