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DriveType()

Determines the type of a drive.

Syntax

DriveType( [<cDrive>] ) --> nDriveType

Arguments

<cDrive>

This parameter defaults to the current drive letter. It can be specified as a drive letter from A to Z without a colon.

Return

The function returns a numeric value indicating the type of the specified drive. The following values are possible:

Codes for drive types

Return	Drive type
0	RAM drive
2	Floppy drive
3	Hard drive
4	CD-Rom drive
5	Network drive
9	Unknown drive

Info

See also:	DiskName()
Category:	CT:DiskUtil , Disks and Drives
Source:	ct\disk.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example lists the types of 26 possible drives and their capacity

   PROCEDURE Main
     LOCAL cDrive, i

     CLS

     FOR i:=1 TO 26
        cDrive := Chr(64+i)
        ? cDrive, DriveType( cDrive), DiskTotal( cDrive )
     NEXT
   RETURN