DriveInfo(String) Constructor
Definition
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Creates a new instance of the DriveInfo class.
public:
DriveInfo(System::String ^ driveName);
public DriveInfo (string driveName);
new System.IO.DriveInfo : string -> System.IO.DriveInfo
Public Sub New (driveName As String)
Parameters
- driveName
- String
A valid drive letter or fully qualified path.
Exceptions
The drive letter cannot be null
.
driveName
does not refer to a valid drive.
Remarks
You can't use this constructor to obtain information on drive names that are null
or use UNC (\\server\share
) paths.
On Windows, passing a mounted directory (for example, C:\NetworkMountedDrive) obtains information for the root drive (for example, C:).