#!/usr/bin/env python3 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22102999/get-total-physical-memory-in-python/28161352 import sys meminfo = dict((i.split()[0].rstrip(':'),int(i.split()[1])) for i in open('/proc/meminfo').readlines()) mem_free = meminfo['MemTotal']/1024./1024. if mem_free < 2.: print("Insufficient free memory({:.3f}): requires > 2 GB".format(mem_free)) sys.exit(1) else: print("Free memory: {:.3f} GB".format(mem_free))