Re: getting drive/media type

FROM : Joannou Ng
DATE : Wed Apr 13 03:22:36 2005

Hi Luc,

I use the value of f_fstypename in the statfs struct to determine 
volume format for an app that I wrote that only targeted Xsan volumes.

What specific information are you looking for?

Cheers, Joannou.

On 2005 Apr 12, at 20:22, Luc Vandal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been looking for a way to get information about volumes 
> (removable, CD, FW, iPod, HD, etc.). So far I've been using 
> getFileSystemInfoForPath and statfs but unless I'm not using the 
> correctly, I don't really get any information about what I'm looking 
> for.
>
> Here's the code I'm using:
>
>     while (file = [enumerator nextObject])
>     {
>         NSString* strFile = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s%s", "/Volumes/", 
> [file cString]];
>         
>         [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] getFileSystemInfoForPath:strFile 
> isRemovable:&bIsRemovable isWritable:&bIsWritable 
> isUnmountable:&bIsUnmountable description:&strDesc type:&strType];
>         [enumerator skipDescendents];
>         
>         struct statfs b;
>         
>         statfs( [strFile cString], &b );
>         
>         NSDictionary* dir = [enumerator directoryAttributes];
>
>    [self addVolume:file icon:@"VOL"];
>     }
>
> First,  strDesc and strType are always null. Is there anything helpful 
> in the statfs struct that could help me find the information I'm 
> looking for?
>
> Thanks!
>
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