GetDrive

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int GetDrive (int *currentDriveNumber, int *numberOfDrives);

Purpose

Gets the current default drive number and the total number of logical drives in the system.

Output
Name	Type	Description
currentDriveNumber	int	The drive number of the new default drive. The mapping between the drive number and the logical drive letter is 0 = A, 1 = B, and so on.
numberOfDrives	int	The total number of drives in the system. The number of drives includes floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, RAM disks, and networked drives.

Name Type Description

result

int

The result of the call.

Code	Description
0	Success.
-1	Current directory is on a network drive that is not mapped to a local drive. currentDriveNumber is set correctly, but numberOfDrives is set to -1.
-3	General I/O error occurred.
-4	Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
-6	Access denied.

Library: Utility Library

Include file: utility.h

LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 3.0 and later

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