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Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:29 am**

How to show the size and used of total hard disk? I have many partitions, but this only shows current root and home.

ROOT free: ${fs_free /} used: ${fs_used /} total: ${fs_size /}
HOME free: ${fs_free /home} used: ${fs_free /home} total: ${fs_size /home}

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:06 am**

There are several variants of the conkys supplied.
For some, the script "semplice-conky-harddisks.sh".
then an example of how to integrate INXI, shortened to the device output (found with google search)
and then you can also do it yourself, by foot, for each drive individually, as is currently the case.
There are also enough examples in the www, google is very helpful.

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${font Open Sans:Bold:size=12}${color}mounted ${color0}${hr 2}$color$font$

${font Open Sans:size=12}Data ${goto 80}${fs_used /media/DATA} / ${fs_size /media/DATA}   ${goto 220} ${color5}${fs_bar 8,250 /media/DATA}${color}  ${goto 500}${fs_free_perc /media/DATA}% frei ${color} ${goto 580}I/O: ${color5}${diskio_read /dev/disk/by-label/DATA}${color}  :  ${color5}${diskio_write  /dev/disk/by-label/DATA}${color}
 
${font Open Sans:size=12}evo850 ${goto 80}${fs_used /media/evo850} / ${fs_size /media/evo850}   ${goto 220} ${color5}${fs_bar 8,250 /media/evo850}${color}  ${goto 500}${fs_free_perc /media/evo850}% frei ${goto 580}I/O: ${color5}${diskio_read /dev/disk/by-label/evo850}${color}  :  ${color5}${diskio_write  /dev/disk/by-label/evo850}${color}

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:06 pm**

wdscharff wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:06 am then an example of how to integrate INXI, shortened to the device output (found with google search)

Inxi package is installed on MX and gives the total hard disk storage:

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Storage: 386.94 GiB (78.5% used)

How to add in Conky, I found something like this....

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create small bash scripts that produce conky syntax, and then call them with
${execp /path/to/script}

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4984

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:27 pm**

I find it easier to point the directories to their locations instead of going through scripts.

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Root:   ${fs_used /}${alignr}/${fs_size /}
Stream: ${fs_used /media/Stream/}${alignr}/${fs_size /media/Stream/}
Data:   ${fs_used /media/Data/}${alignr}/${fs_size /media/Data/}

file_system.png

I use this web site for all the code. http://ifxgroup.net/conky.htm#fs_bar

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:43 pm**

siamhie wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:27 pm I use this web site for all the code. http://ifxgroup.net/conky.htm#fs_bar

Thanks, that's interesting.
${execp cat hdd-storage.txt} works fine but is better if not sent to a text file but a direct command. This syntax Conky doesn't accept or I am missing something? The shell command is correct.

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${execp inxi | grep '^Storage:' | awk '{print $1 " " $2 " " $3 " " $4 " " $5}'}

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:44 am**

${color blue}${font LCDMono:bold:size=10}sdb${font}${if_match ""!="${execi 60 mount | grep /dev/sdb }"} \
(${execi 60 mount | grep 'sdb' | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F"/" '{print $3}'}) \
read/write: $color${diskio_read sdb}/${diskio_write sdb} ${else}${color red} Not Mounted ${endif}

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:38 am**

Mjaakko wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:43 pm This syntax Conky doesn't accept or I am missing something? The shell command is correct.

Conky is corrupting inxi output by adding strange characters.... one small horizontal triangle and number 12 (forum doesn't show the triangle)

12Storage 476.94 GiB (71.5% used) 12Procs 305 12Client Unknown Client: conky 12inxi 3.3.26

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:33 pm**

amlug wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:38 am Conky is corrupting inxi output by adding strange characters....

That's bad either Conky or Inxi causing it. I like the clean and informative info of inxi, example inxi -b

Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 75.44 GiB (7.9%)

https://opensource.com/article/22/9/linux-inxi-command

I will add bash script until better idea.

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inxi -b | grep 'Local Storage:' > hdd-storage.txt

In Conky

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${execp cat hdd-storage.txt | sed 's/  Local Storage:/HDD/'}

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HDD total: 386.94 GiB used: 322.05 GiB (83.1%)

Posted: **Mon Sep 18, 2023 4:45 am**

so i still find my variant attractive, even though it's a lot to write myself.
Once done, done. There are more drives in there, but they are commented out because they are not connected.
Above all, I decide how it looks, in terms of colour, font and display bars.

mounted.jpg

Posted: **Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:30 am**

wdscharff wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 4:45 am so i still find my variant attractive, even though it's a lot to write myself.

Looks great.
I want information that shows storage capacity and current use of my Hard Disk. Is the Total/use: 243 GIB / 31,1 GIB capacity of your Hard Disk? If so, what's the Conky syntax?

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