in reply to hard drive space

I think Win32::DriveInfo might work for you. 
use Win32::DriveInfo;
my @attribs = Win32::DriveInfo::DriveSpace('c:');

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Update: kyle's suggested module claims to work with most *nix systems, so thats a potential plus over a Win32 module.

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