FileSystemProxy.GetDriveInfo(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

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Returns a DriveInfo object for the specified drive.

public:
 System::IO::DriveInfo ^ GetDriveInfo(System::String ^ drive);

public System.IO.DriveInfo GetDriveInfo (string drive);

member this.GetDriveInfo : string -> System.IO.DriveInfo

Public Function GetDriveInfo (drive As String) As DriveInfo

Parameters

drive: String

Drive to be examined.

Returns

DriveInfo

DriveInfo object for the specified drive.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).

ArgumentNullException

drive is Nothing or an empty string.

PathTooLongException

The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

SecurityException

The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.

Examples

This example obtains a DriveInfo object for the C drive and uses it to display information about the drive.

Dim getInfo = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDriveInfo("C:\")
MsgBox("The drive's type is " & getInfo.DriveType)
MsgBox("The drive has " & getInfo.TotalFreeSpace & " bytes free.")

For information on the different drive types, see DriveType.

Remarks

The DriveInfo class models a drive and provides methods and properties to query for drive information. Use DriveInfo to determine what drives are available, and what type of drives they are. You can also query the property to determine the capacity and available free space on the drive.

Applies to