23
Jan
2009

Tool: drivelist

This is a tool I wrote for windows, that will list all of the drives currently mounted. I didn\'t know of a better way to show this information from the command line. This is using the windows api and is very straight forward, it should work on every version of windows.

/**
 * Drivelist v1.0.1
 * @file
 *
 * 05-25-2008:        JPH - Created.
 * 08-22-2008:        JPH - Added case 0, 1 and 6 to the switch of types.
 *
 * @author Jacob Hammack
 */
 
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
/**
 * List's and prints all mounted drives and their drive type.
 *
 * @author Jacob Hammack
 */
void ListMountedDrives(void)
{
        char Buffer[MAX_PATH];
        char *DriveLetter;
        int DriveType;
        GetLogicalDriveStrings(MAX_PATH, Buffer);
        DriveLetter = Buffer;
 
        while (*DriveLetter) 
        {
                if(*DriveLetter == 0)
                {
                        break;
                }
 
                DriveType = GetDriveType(DriveLetter);
 
                switch(DriveType)
                {
                        case 0:
                                printf("%s\tUnknown Type\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;
 
                        case 1:
                                printf("%s\tInvalid Root Path\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;
 
                        case 2:
                                printf("%s\tRemoveable Drive\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;
 
                        case 3:
                                printf("%s\tFixed Drive\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;
 
                        case 4:
                                printf("%s\tNetwork Drive\n", DriveLetter);        
                        break;
 
                        case 5:
                                printf("%s\tCD-ROM Drive\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;        
 
                        case 6:
                                printf("%s\tRam Drive\n", DriveLetter);
                        break;
                }
 
                DriveLetter = &DriveLetter[strlen(DriveLetter) + 1];
        }
}
 
/**
 * Main entry point for the DriveList Application.
 *
 * @author Jacob Hammack
 */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        printf("Drivelist v1.0.1\nJacob Hammack\nhttp://www.hammackj.com\n\n");
 
        ListMountedDrives();
 
        return 0;                
}


CC=cl
CFLAGS= /nologo /MT /O2 /TC
LINKS=/link kernel32.lib /OUT:dl.exe /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
 
all: drivelist
 
drivelist: drivelist.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) drivelist.c $(LINKS)
 
clean:
del *.exe; del *.obj


C:\drivelist>dl.exe
Drivelist v1.0.1
Jacob Hammack
http://www.hammackj.com
 
A:\     Removeable Drive
C:\     Fixed Drive
D:\     Fixed Drive
E:\     CD-ROM Drive
Z:\     Network Drive
 
C:\drivelist>