Microsoft® JScript™ GetDrive Method | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Returns a Drive object corresponding to the drive in a specified path.

##### Syntax

> object.GetDrive ( drivespec );

> The GetDrive method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
> drivespec | Required. The drivespec argument can be a drive letter (c), a drive letter with a colon appended (c:), a drive letter with a colon and path separator appended (c:\), or any network share specification (\\computer2\share1).

##### Remarks

> For network shares, a check is made to ensure that the share exists.

> An error occurs if drivespec does not conform to one of the accepted forms or does not exist.

> To call the GetDrive method on a normal path string, use the following sequence to get a string that is suitable for use as drivespec:

> >     DriveSpec = GetDriveName(GetAbsolutePathName(Path))

> The following example illustrates the use of the GetDrive method:

> >     function ShowFreeSpace(drvPath)
> >     {
> >       var fso, d, s ="";
> >       fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
> >       d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(drvPath));
> >       s = "Drive " + drvPath.toUpperCase( ) + " - ";
> >       s += d.VolumeName + "<br>";
> >       s += "Free Space: " + d.FreeSpace/1024 + " Kbytes";
> >       return(s);
> >     }

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