Disk Space

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 01-08-93 (13:51)             Number: 391
From: RON SHARRAD                  Refer#: NONE
  To: MARK WITTKOSKI                Recvd: NO  
Subj: Disk Space                     Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
On 12-28-92  12:56, Mark Wittkoski wrote to All about Disk Space...

 MW> How can I find out much space I have on an available disk. This is
 MW> quite critical to a program I am writing and need to know!

 I can't remember who I originally got this from but I just modified
 it a bit.  Thanks to the unknown author!
 Load QB with /l switch to load InterruptX routine.

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'   *   FUNCTION DriveSpc&. Returns available space on specified or
'                           default drive, or -1 if drive full.
'   *   Usage e.g.  Drv$ = "A"
'               or  Drv$ = "A:"
'               or  Drv$ = "a:"
'               or  Drv$ = ""   'for current drive.
'   *               FreeSpace% = DriveSpc&(Drv$)

 '$INCLUDE: 'QB.BI'     '   *   or QBX.BI
TYPE RegTypeX
     AX    AS INTEGER
     BX    AS INTEGER
     CX    AS INTEGER
     DX    AS INTEGER
     BP    AS INTEGER
     SI    AS INTEGER
     DI    AS INTEGER
     Flags AS INTEGER
     DS AS INTEGER
     ES AS INTEGER
END TYPE

DECLARE FUNCTION DriveSpc& (Drive$)

FUNCTION DriveSpc& (Drive$)

    DIM InReg AS RegTypeX
    DIM OutReg AS RegTypeX

    InReg.AX = &H3600
    IF Drive$ = "" THEN
        InReg.DX = 0

    ELSE
        InReg.DX = ASC(Drive$) AND &H1F
    END IF
    CALL InterruptX (&H21, InReg, OutReg)
    Sectors& = OutReg.AX AND 65535
    IF Sectors& = 65535 THEN
        DriveSpc& = -1
    ELSE
        Clusters& = OutReg.BX AND 65535
        Bytes& = OutReg.CX AND 65535
        DriveSpc& = Bytes& * Sectors& * Clusters&
    END IF

END FUNCTION

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