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07-03-2023, 04:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2023, 04:35 PM by BDS107.)
Hi,
Years ago when I wrote assembler in GWBASIC or QuickBASIC there was INT &H21 to see how much free space you have left on the disk.
See also https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.mi...46/980.HTM
Is there such a thing for QB64-PE with modern PC's like Windows 7 and up??
In C something like this? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet...ew=net-7.0
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Easiest way? https://winaero.com/get-disk-drive-infor...s-command/
Just pipe the info to a temp file and read it.
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07-03-2023, 05:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2023, 05:49 PM by SagaraS.)
In QB64 you can use a Windows API for this.
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DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "kernel32"
function GetDiskFreeSpaceEx% alias "GetDiskFreeSpaceExA" (_
lpDirectoryName as STRING, _
lpFreeBytesAvailableToMe As _UNSIGNED LONG, _
lpTotalNumberOfBytes As _UNSIGNED LONG, _
lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes As _UNSIGNED LONG)
END DECLARE
DIM DriveOrFolder AS STRING
DIM FreeBytesAvailableToMe AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DIM TotalBytes AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DIM FreeBytes AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DriveOrFolder = "C:\"
FetchResult = GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(DriveOrFolder, FreeBytesAvailableToMe, TotalBytes, FreeBytes)
PRINT "Path: '" + DriveOrFolder + "'"
PRINT "Path founding (1 - ok, 0 - ERROR):" + STR$(FetchResult)
PRINT "------------------------------------"
PRINT "TotalBytes: " + STR$(TotalBytes)
PRINT "FreeBytes Avilable To Me: " + STR$(FreeBytesAvailableToMe)
PRINT "FreeBytes: " + STR$(FreeBytes)
Edit:
If you use the data type _UNSIGNED _INTEGER64, you can read larger disk sizes.
_UNSIGNED LONG is for < 4 GB media.
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(07-03-2023, 05:39 PM)SagaraS Wrote: In QB64 you can use a Windows API for this.
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DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "kernel32"
function GetDiskFreeSpaceEx% alias "GetDiskFreeSpaceExA" (_
lpDirectoryName as STRING, _
lpFreeBytesAvailableToMe As _UNSIGNED LONG, _
lpTotalNumberOfBytes As _UNSIGNED LONG, _
lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes As _UNSIGNED LONG)
END DECLARE
DIM DriveOrFolder AS STRING
DIM FreeBytesAvailableToMe AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DIM TotalBytes AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DIM FreeBytes AS _UNSIGNED LONG
DriveOrFolder = "C:\"
FetchResult = GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(DriveOrFolder, FreeBytesAvailableToMe, TotalBytes, FreeBytes)
PRINT "Path: '" + DriveOrFolder + "'"
PRINT "Path founding (1 - ok, 0 - ERROR):" + STR$(FetchResult)
PRINT "------------------------------------"
PRINT "TotalBytes: " + STR$(TotalBytes)
PRINT "FreeBytes Avilable To Me: " + STR$(FreeBytesAvailableToMe)
PRINT "FreeBytes: " + STR$(FreeBytes)
Edit:
If you use the data type _UNSIGNED _INTEGER64, you can read larger disk sizes.
_UNSIGNED LONG is for < 4 GB media. I also found something like that.
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Option _Explicit
Const DRIVE_UNKNOWN = 0
Const DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR = 1
Const DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2
Const DRIVE_FIXED = 3
Const DRIVE_REMOTE = 4
Const DRIVE_CDROM = 5
Const DRIVE_RAMDISK = 6
Declare Dynamic Library "Kernel32"
Function GetDiskFreeSpace% Alias GetDiskFreeSpaceExA (lpDirectoryName As String, Byval lpFreeBytesAvailableToCaller As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfBytes As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes As _Offset)
Function GetDriveType~& Alias GetDriveTypeA (lpRootPathName As String)
End Declare
Dim totalFreeBytesOnDisk As _Unsigned _Integer64
If GetDiskFreeSpace("C:\", 0, 0, _Offset(totalFreeBytesOnDisk)) Then
Select Case totalFreeBytesOnDisk
Case Is < 1024
Print Using " ####, B Available"; totalFreeBytesOnDisk,
Case Is < (1024 ^ 2) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= 1024
Print Using "####,.## KB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / 1024)
Case Is < (1024 ^ 3) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 2)
Print Using "####,.## MB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 2))
Case Is < (1024 ^ 4) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 3)
Print Using "####,.## GB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 3))
Case Is < (1024 ^ 5) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 4)
Print Using "####,.## TB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 4))
End Select
End If
Select Case GetDriveType("C:\")
Case DRIVE_UNKNOWN
Print "Unkown drive type"
Case DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR
Print "Invalid path"
Case DRIVE_REMOVABLE
Print "Removable media"
Case DRIVE_FIXED
Print "Fixed media"
Case DRIVE_REMOTE
Print "Network media"
Case DRIVE_CDROM
Print "CD-ROM drive"
Case DRIVE_RAMDISK
Print "RAM disk"
End Select
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@Stefan-68 It's definitely a step further. ^^
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Quote:I also found something like that.
@Stefan-68, useful program. Did you program it yourself or where did you find it? The explanation would be important to me with regard to the declaration of the "library".
I have modified it a bit so that one can specify the drives.
Code: (Select All) 'Stefan68, Belegung eines Speichermediums ermitteln - 3. Juli 2023
Option _Explicit
Const DRIVE_UNKNOWN = 0
Const DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR = 1
Const DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2
Const DRIVE_FIXED = 3
Const DRIVE_REMOTE = 4
Const DRIVE_CDROM = 5
Const DRIVE_RAMDISK = 6
Declare Dynamic Library "Kernel32"
Function GetDiskFreeSpace% Alias GetDiskFreeSpaceExA (lpDirectoryName As String, Byval lpFreeBytesAvailableToCaller As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfBytes As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes As _Offset)
Function GetDriveType~& Alias GetDriveTypeA (lpRootPathName As String)
End Declare
Dim totalFreeBytesOnDisk As _Unsigned _Integer64
Dim laufwerk As String * 3
Locate 3, 3
Print "Zeigt die Belegung der Laufwerke an"
Locate 4, 3
Print "==================================="
Locate 6, 3
Input "Laufwerksbustabe (z.B. C:): ", laufwerk
Locate CsrLin + 1, 3
If GetDiskFreeSpace(laufwerk, 0, 0, _Offset(totalFreeBytesOnDisk)) Then
Select Case totalFreeBytesOnDisk
Case Is < 1024
Print Using " ####, B Available"; totalFreeBytesOnDisk,
Case Is < (1024 ^ 2) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= 1024
Print Using "####,.## KB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / 1024)
Case Is < (1024 ^ 3) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 2)
Print Using "####,.## MB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 2))
Case Is < (1024 ^ 4) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 3)
Print Using "####,.## GB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 3))
Case Is < (1024 ^ 5) And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= (1024 ^ 4)
Print Using "####,.## TB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / (1024 ^ 4))
End Select
End If
Locate CsrLin + 2, 3
Beep
Select Case GetDriveType(laufwerk)
Case DRIVE_UNKNOWN
Print "Unkown drive type"
Case DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR
Print "Invalid path"
Case DRIVE_REMOVABLE
Print "Removable media"
Case DRIVE_FIXED
Print "Fixed media"
Case DRIVE_REMOTE
Print "Network media"
Case DRIVE_CDROM
Print "CD-ROM drive"
Case DRIVE_RAMDISK
Print "RAM disk"
End Select
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I think the code Steffan shared is code I wrote a long time ago. Glad to see it was able to do its job.
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07-05-2023, 04:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2023, 04:10 PM by Ultraman.)
I've edited my original code to be slightly cleaner by using CONSTs for the KILOBYTE, MEGABYTE, etc. I've also put the aliased names in quotes, to make them easier to read. I've also changed the library declaration from using the Kernel32 DLL to just using the headers in the QB64 folder. I've also changed GetDiskFreeSpace from an INTEGER to LONG, as the return type is BOOL, which is 4 bytes.
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Option _Explicit
Const DRIVE_UNKNOWN = 0
Const DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR = 1
Const DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2
Const DRIVE_FIXED = 3
Const DRIVE_REMOTE = 4
Const DRIVE_CDROM = 5
Const DRIVE_RAMDISK = 6
Const KILOBYTE = 1024
Const MEGABYTE = KILOBYTE ^ 2
Const GIGABYTE = KILOBYTE ^ 3
Const TERABYTE = KILOBYTE ^ 4
Const PETABYTE = KILOBYTE ^ 5
Declare CustomType Library
Function GetDiskFreeSpace& Alias "GetDiskFreeSpaceExA" (lpDirectoryName As String, Byval lpFreeBytesAvailableToCaller As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfBytes As _Offset, Byval lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes As _Offset)
Function GetDriveType~& Alias "GetDriveTypeA" (lpRootPathName As String)
End Declare
Dim As _Unsigned _Integer64 totalFreeBytesOnDisk
If GetDiskFreeSpace("C:\", 0, 0, _Offset(totalFreeBytesOnDisk)) Then
Select Case totalFreeBytesOnDisk
Case Is < KILOBYTE
Print Using " ####, B Available"; totalFreeBytesOnDisk,
Case Is < MEGABYTE And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= KILOBYTE
Print Using "####,.## KB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / KILOBYTE)
Case Is < GIGABYTE And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= MEGABYTE
Print Using "####,.## MB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / MEGABYTE)
Case Is < TERABYTE And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= GIGABYTE
Print Using "####,.## GB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / GIGABYTE)
Case Is < PETABYTE And totalFreeBytesOnDisk >= TERABYTE
Print Using "####,.## TB Available"; (totalFreeBytesOnDisk / TERABYTE)
End Select
End If
Select Case GetDriveType("C:\")
Case DRIVE_UNKNOWN
Print "Unkown drive type"
Case DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR
Print "Invalid path"
Case DRIVE_REMOVABLE
Print "Removable media"
Case DRIVE_FIXED
Print "Fixed media"
Case DRIVE_REMOTE
Print "Network media"
Case DRIVE_CDROM
Print "CD-ROM drive"
Case DRIVE_RAMDISK
Print "RAM disk"
End Select
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07-05-2023, 04:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2023, 04:08 PM by Kernelpanic.)
(07-05-2023, 03:56 PM)Ultraman Wrote: I think the code Steffan shared is code I wrote a long time ago. Glad to see it was able to do its job. Ah ok. Works great. And these are variables: "lpFreeBytesAvailableToCaller"? I really need to take a closer look at this ByVal.
PS: The new version is even better! I will it add. Thanks! 
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As I mentioned before, here's what I find to be the easiest way:
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Shell "wmic logicaldisk get Name, Description, Size>temp.txt"
Gives a text file which looks like:
Quote:Description Name Size
Local Fixed Disk C: 493559476224
Local Fixed Disk D: 2000263573504
CD-ROM Disc F:
Local Fixed Disk Z: 8589930496
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