Finding Number of Bytes Available on an Alternate Drive

ID: Q87501

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 1.0, 1.01, 1.02, 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

SUMMARY

The text below provides a code example to determine the number of bytes of free space currently available on an alternate drive.

MORE INFORMATION

The DISKSPACE() function returns the number of bytes of free space currently available on only the default drive. To determine the amount of free disk space on another drive, use code such as the following. This example obtains the amount of free space available on drive B.

   cdefault = FULLPATH("")     && Store the current default
                               &&    drive and directory.
   SET DEFAULT TO b:           && Change the default drive.
   freedisk = DISKSPACE()      && Retrieve free disk space on
                               &&    alternate drive.
   SET DEFAULT TO (cdefault)   && Restore original default, if necessary.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 1.00 1.01 1.02 2.00 2.50 2.50a KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995