diff --git a/transfer_service/tape_client.py b/transfer_service/tape_client.py
index c2826cbcc566caf0bf044a8776a3d6509f50bc21..048289b2f4e759e052bdf0af3e8a2e040eeeed08 100644
--- a/transfer_service/tape_client.py
+++ b/transfer_service/tape_client.py
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ class TapeClient(object):
     def disconnect(self):
         self.client.close()
 
+    def getSize(self, fsMountPoint):
+        cmd = "df " + fsMountPoint + " | tail -n +2"
+        #out = subprocess.run(cmd, shell = True, capture_output = True)
+        stdin, stdout, stderr = self.client.exec_command(cmd)
+        #res = stdout.stdout.decode('UTF-8').rstrip('\n')
+        res = stdout.readlines()[0]
+        res = ' '.join(res.split()).split(' ')
+        #print(res)
+        total = res[1]
+        used = res[2]
+        available = res[3]
+        return ( total, used, available)
+        
 
 # Test
 #tc = TapeClient("192.168.56.101", 22, "root", "ibm")
@@ -80,6 +93,8 @@ class TapeClient(object):
 #tc.copy("/home/curban/store/mydir", "/home/mydir")
 #tc.copy("/home/curban/store/foo2.txt", "/home/mydir/foo2.txt")
 #tl = tc.getTaskList()
+#fsSize = tc.getSize("/ia2_tape_stb_01")
+#print(fsSize)
 #tc.disconnect()
 #for i in tl:
 #    print(i.id)