Finding a file

[shornw]

Hi all

Is there a way of finding a file on a mapped drive...the problem is it could be mapped to any drive letter as there hasnt been any standardisation.

I cant find any thing in the help files other than FileExists which seems to need a drive letter to be specified.

Thanks

[BigDod]

You could use DriveGetDrive("network") to get a list of network drive letters.

[shornw]

Thanks for this (I think )

Whats the deal with DriveGetDrive......

I cant even get it to write a single drive letter to a file, never mind all network drives.

$drive = DriveGetDrive("Network")

FileWrite("c:\drive.txt", $drive)

Am I missing something SOOOOO obvious here, if I change the variable it writes no problem but with DriveGetDrive it creates the file but doesnt write to it....

Thanks

[SmOke_N]

Thanks for this (I think )

Whats the deal with DriveGetDrive......

I cant even get it to write a single drive letter to a file, never mind all network drives.

$drive = DriveGetDrive("Network")

FileWrite("c:\drive.txt", $drive)

Am I missing something SOOOOO obvious here, if I change the variable it writes no problem but with DriveGetDrive it creates the file but doesnt write to it....

Thanks

Maybe read the documentation ?

Success: Returns an array of strings (drive letter followed by colon) of drives found. The zeroth array element contains the number of drives.

[shornw]

Thanks for this SmOke_n...

I understand that this is the issue but I'm not a programmer and I've only been using AutoIt for about a month so it's a bit like the "You're in a helicopter" Microsoft joke.

I need to be able to use the information as per my post, but I cant even find a start point in the help files and there isnt any other way I can see for me to learn. I dont want anyone to do the work, I want to do it myself so I can learn but its very difficult with the info I've got.

I know I'm relying on the good nature of people with more knowledge than me but hopefully it time I will be able to learn and help people too....altruism is wonderful thing

Sorry if this sounds feeble but I'm just a mere mortal

[SmOke_N]

Thanks for this SmOke_n...

I understand that this is the issue but I'm not a programmer and I've only been using AutoIt for about a month so it's a bit like the "You're in a helicopter" Microsoft joke.

I need to be able to use the information as per my post, but I cant even find a start point in the help files and there isnt any other way I can see for me to learn. I dont want anyone to do the work, I want to do it myself so I can learn but its very difficult with the info I've got.

I know I'm relying on the good nature of people with more knowledge than me but hopefully it time I will be able to learn and help people too....altruism is wonderful thing

Sorry if this sounds feeble but I'm just a mere mortal

See if this helps:

$drive = DriveGetDrive("Network")
If Not @error Then 
    For $i = 1 To UBound($drive) - 1
        FileWriteLine(@HomeDrive & "\drive.txt", $drive[$i])
    Next
Else
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'No Drives Found')
EndIf

[shornw]

Hi and thanks for this, it gives me a bit of an insight although I dont fully understand what some of the bits do.

Is there a way that I can check these drives for a specific file without writing the drives to a file. I can do it from a file but it seems like a clumsy way of doing it.

I am trying to establish which machines have got a mapped drive to a particular share but there is no drive letter uniformity. If it is possible can you point me in the right direction, as I say I dont expect or want people to do the work -I just need a gentle shove.

Thanks for your time so far and your help

[SmOke_N]

I'm not sure about the "NETWORK" thing as I can't test it, and I had to use "A:" for the Floppy Drive so I didn't get an error, but this seemed to be efficient:

Local $drive = DriveGetDrive("NETWORK"), $FileLocationName = '\Program Files'
If Not @error Then 
    For $i = 1 To UBound($drive) - 1
        If $drive[$i] <> 'A:' And FileExists($drive[$i] & $FileLocationName) Then 
            MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'The File was found on ' & $drive[$i] & ' drive.')
        EndIf
    Next
Else
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'No Drives Found')
EndIf

Maybe you can mod it.

To understand what was done, DriveGetDrive returns an array of information on drives that were found [0] will tell you the amount of drives found, and [1], [2], [3] etc... contain return arrays element values. The For/Next Loop and $i is used to go through each option so you'll see 1 To Ubound($drive) - 1 (Ubound has the total elements (drives) found like [0]), so $i = 1 the first loop, 2 the sencond loop, 3 the third loop etc... so [$i] results in [1], [2], [3] etc...

Hope that sheds some light.

[Xenobiologist]

HI,

do you know the label of the drive to get a bit less search options. You could compare the label.

Just an idea.

$drive = DriveGetDrive("NETWORK")
If Not @error Then
    For $i = 1 To UBound($drive) - 1
        ConsoleWrite($i & " " & $drive[$i] & " " & DriveGetLabel($drive[$i]) & @CR)
    Next
Else
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'No Drives Found')
EndIf

So long,

Mega

[randallc]

Or try running this; 2 ways to look at it;

;DriveMapgetExample.au3
local $s_Line
$drive = DriveGetDrive("NETWORK")
If Not @error Then
    MsgBox(0,"","number odf drives="&$drive[0])
    MsgBox(0,"","number odf drives="&UBound($drive)-1)
    For $i = 1 To UBound($drive) - 1
        $s_Line&=$drive[$i]&@CRLF
    Next
    ;FileWrite(@HomeDrive & "\drive.txt", $s_Line)
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', $s_Line)
Else
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'No Drives Found')
EndIf
;OR;
; Get details of the mapping
for $i=1 to 26
    $s_DriveLetter=chr(64+$i)
    $s_MyDriveMapGet=DriveMapGet( $s_DriveLetter&":")
    if not @error then
        MsgBox(0, "Drive "&$s_DriveLetter&": is", $s_DriveLetter&":")
        MsgBox(0, "Drive "&$s_DriveLetter&": is mapped to", $s_MyDriveMapGet)
    EndIf
next

Randall

[shornw]

Hi there

Thank you soo much for your help...it really is very much appreciated.

SmOKe_N: it works really well, thanks for the code but thanks even more for the explanation..that's far more valuable to me. Thanks for your help AND your patience.

Mega: Thanks for your input too, as per my posts in this thread any info is greatly appreciated and this is yet another way of looking at the situation.

Randall: As above with Mega, thanks

Thanks once again all for your help