#!/usr/bin/python2


import os


# getting all local partitions plus their uuids
def getpartitions():
    uuids = os.listdir("/dev/disk/by-uuid") #folder contains symlinks to the actual disk devices 
    parts = {} #initializing empty dictionary for partition labels/names and uuids
    for uuid in uuids: #write labels/names as keys and uuids as values in the dictionary
        parts[os.readlink("/dev/disk/by-uuid/" + uuid)[6:]] = uuid
    return parts #return the dictionary for further useage



partitions = getpartitions()
print partitions