Tag: operating-system

Check the open FD limit for a given process in Linux

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I recently had a Linux process which “leaked” file descriptors: It opened them and didn’t properly close some of them. If I had monitored this, I could tell – in advance – that the process was reaching its limit. Is there a nice, Bash or Python way to check the FD usage ratio for a given process in a Ub…

Python: Get Mount Point on Windows or Linux

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I need a function to determine if a directory is a mount point for a drive. I found this code already which works well for linux: But I’m not sure how I would get this to work on windows. Can I just assume the mount point is the drive letter (e.g. C:)? I believe it is possible to have a