Get amount of free disk space using Go

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On POSIX systems you can use sys.unix.Statfs.
Example of printing free space in bytes of current working directory:

import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
import "os"

var stat unix.Statfs_t

wd, err := os.Getwd()

unix.Statfs(wd, &stat)

// Available blocks * size per block = available space in bytes
fmt.Println(stat.Bavail * uint64(stat.Bsize))

For Windows you need to go the syscall route as well. Example (source, updated to match new sys/windows package):

import "golang.org/x/sys/windows"

h := windows.MustLoadDLL("kernel32.dll")
c := h.MustFindProc("GetDiskFreeSpaceExW")

var freeBytes int64

_, _, err := c.Call(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(wd))),
    uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&freeBytes)), nil, nil)

Feel free to write a package that provides the functionality cross-platform.
On how to implement something cross-platform, see the build tool help page.

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