function space 
   {
      #  This function does a quick read and display of the File System consumption... 
      #     only it formats it in a more human-readable way... 
      df -kP |head -1 |while read a b c d e f g                            \
         ;do printf "\n %-35.35s %12.12s %12.12s %12.12s   spent   %-s \n" \
         $a                                                                \
         GBs                                                               \
         "${c} (GBs)"                                                      \
         "${d} (GBs)"                                                      \
         $f                                                                \
         ;done                                                             \
         && df -kP |egrep -v "Program|Filesystem"                          \
            |while read a b c d e f g                                      \
            ;do printf " %-35.35s %12.2f %12.2f %12.2f   %5.5s   %-s \n"   \
            $a                                                             \
            $(echo "(${b}/1048576*100000)/100000" |bc -l 2>/dev/null )     \
            $(echo "(${c}/1048576*100000)/100000" |bc -l 2>/dev/null )     \
            $(echo "(${d}/1048576*100000)/100000" |bc -l 2>/dev/null )     \
            $e                                                             \
            $f                                                             \
            ;done                                                          \
         && echo 
   }

   function LOG 
   {
      if [ -n "${MY_LOG}" -a -f "${MY_LOG}" ] 
      then 
         print "$@" >>"${MY_LOG}" 
      fi 
   }

   LOG   "\n$(date) : ${0##*/} begin " 

   #  Try to source the appropriate library for space() function... 
   if    [[ ! -r ~/.sh_snippets ]] || [[ ! -x ~/.sh_snippets ]] 
   then 
      LOG "\n\t${0##*/}: Could not access library file: ~/.sh_snippets " 
      LOG "\n$(date) : ${0##*/} complete " 
      exit 1 
   # initialize other stuff... 
   elif  [[ ! -f "...blah..." ]] 
   then 
      LOG "\n\t${0##*/}: required environment...sorry. " 
      LOG "\n$(date) : ${0##*/} complete " 
      exit 1 
   else 
   #  Use the source, young padewan... 
      . ~/.sh_snippets           >/dev/null 2>&1 
   fi 

   #  Checking Filesystem usage...notify if anything in excess of 93%... 
   #  If there's a positive hit on the over 93% crowd, then send an e-mail... 
   if [[ ! -z $(space |egrep "[ 1][09][3-9]\% |100\% ") ]] 
#   if [[ ! -z $(space |egrep "[ 1][09][5-9]\% |100\% ") ]] 
   then 
      space |egrep "^F|[ 1][09][3-9]\% |100\% " |mailx -s "$(uname -n) - Filesystem space warning... $(date )" fu_schnickens@bar.com 
      LOG   "\n\t${0##*/} : Filesystem space warning generated...! " 
   else 
      LOG   "\n\t${0##*/} : Filesystem space okay..." 
   fi