how do I determine a fix drive on a machine?

[mrpatel]

Hi,
Is there any way to determine if a drive is a fixed drive or a network drive from a batch file or a perl script?


Thanks,
-Mehul

[TheCPUWizard]

You can do it via API calls. One solution would be to write a simple program in something like C++ and return the result....

[Andreas Masur]

The following is a solution for Microsoft operating systems...

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

// Get logical drives
DWORD dwLogicalDrives = ::GetLogicalDrives();
if(dwLogicalDrives)
{
for(int iCnt = 0; iCnt < 32; ++iCnt)
{
memset(szDriveRoot, 0, sizeof(szDriveRoot));

if(dwLogicalDrives & (1 << iCnt))
{
// Set drive root
sprintf(szDriveRoot, "%c:\\", iCnt + 'A');

// Determine partition type
UINT uiDriveType = ::GetDriveType(szDriveRoot);

switch(uiDriveType)
{
// Unknown
case DRIVE_UNKNOWN:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "Unknown" << endl;
break;

// Root path invalid
case DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "Root path invalid"
<< endl;
break;

// Removable drive
case DRIVE_REMOVABLE:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "Removable drive"
<< endl;
break;

// Fixed drive
case DRIVE_FIXED:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "Fixed drive"
<< endl;
break;

// Network drive
case DRIVE_REMOTE:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "Network drive"
<< endl;
break;

// CD-ROM
case DRIVE_CDROM:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "CD-ROM"
<< endl;
break;

// RAM-Disk
case DRIVE_RAMDISK:
cout << "Partition " << szDriveRoot << " -> " << "RAM-Disk"
<< endl;
break;
}
}
}
}