Function Reference


DriveGetFileSystem

Returns File System Type of a drive.

DriveGetFileSystem ( "path" )

Parameters

path Path of drive to receive information from.

Return Value

Success: Returns the File System Type of the drive as a string; see table below.
Failure: Sets @error to 1.


Return Value Interpretation
1 (numeric) Drive does NOT contain media (CD, Floppy, Zip) or media is unformatted (RAW).
"FAT" Typical file system for drives under ~500 MB such as Floppy, RAM disks, USB "pen" drives, etc.
"FAT32" Typical file system for Windows 9x/Me hard drives.
"NTFS" Typical file system for Windows 2000/XP hard drives.
"NWFS" Typical file system for Novell Netware file servers.
"CDFS" Typically indicates a CD (or an ISO image mounted as a virtual CD drive).
"UDF" Typically indicates a DVD.

Remarks

The list of possible return values might be incomplete.

Related

DriveGetDrive, DriveGetLabel, DriveGetSerial, DriveGetType, DriveSetLabel, DriveSpaceFree, DriveSpaceTotal, DriveStatus

Example


Local $sFileSystem = DriveGetFileSystem(@HomeDrive & "\") ; Find the file system type of the home drive, generally this is the C:\ drive.
MsgBox(4096, "File System Type:", $sFileSystem)