Rob Dixon wrote:
> Whoever wrote:
> > Am Mit, 2003-05-28 um 17.53 schrieb Jaschar Otto:
> > > I've found using Win32::AdminMisc pretty handy, specifically the
> > > GetDriveSpace($drive) funtion.
> >
> > the problem with GetDriveSpace and most similar functions is,
> > they just tell you the partition size of windows partitions,
> > not the physical size. If you use i.e. a linux and a windows
> > partition it doesn't work because windows got no drive number
> > for the linux partitions. Win32::OLE was the online windows
> > solution i found, it tells you the real size of the harddisk,
> > independent from partitions.
>
> Hi.
>
> Try Win32::DriveInfo like this.
>
> use Win32::DriveInfo;
> my @c_drive = Win32::DriveInfo::DriveSpace('C');
> my $bytes_free = $c_drive[6];
> print $bytes_free, "\n";
>
> OUTPUT
>
> 8508334080
>
> Once you've installed it take a look at
>
> perldoc Win32::DriveInfo
>
> for all the other stuff it will do for you.
My apologies. Reading your post once more I realise that
I have answered the wrong question. I'll let you know if
I have a proper answer.
Rob
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