Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition 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 use of the GetDrive method:

>     Function ShowFreeSpace(drvPath)
>       Dim fso, d, s
>       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>       Set d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(drvPath))
>       s = "Drive " & UCase(drvPath) & " - "
>       s = s & d.VolumeName  & "<BR>"
>       s = s & "Free Space: " & FormatNumber(d.FreeSpace/1024, 0)
>       s = s & " Kbytes"
>       ShowFreeSpace = s
>     End Function

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