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RE: getting drive/media type


  • Subject: RE: getting drive/media type
  • From: Luc Vandal <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:57:11 -0400



Hi Joannou,

actually, I've noticed that f_fstypename was "hfs" for HD or networks and "udf" for a CD. Is this reliable? What would be the type for a firewire drive/iPod, or any other type of device? Is there a list I can consult?

I have to create a window that displays network drives, HD, CD, etc in a table view so I need to know what type of drive it is so I can display the correct icon.

Thanks!


On 12-Apr-05, at 9:22 PM, Joannou Ng wrote:

Hi Luc,

I use the value of f_fstypename in the statfs struct to determine volume format for an app that I wrote that only targeted Xsan volumes.

What specific information are you looking for?

Cheers, Joannou.

On 2005 Apr 12, at 20:22, Luc Vandal wrote:

Hi,

I've been looking for a way to get information about volumes (removable, CD, FW, iPod, HD, etc.). So far I've been using getFileSystemInfoForPath and statfs but unless I'm not using the correctly, I don't really get any information about what I'm looking for.

Here's the code I'm using:

while (file = [enumerator nextObject])
{
NSString* strFile = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s%s", "/Volumes/", [file cString]];


[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] getFileSystemInfoForPath:strFile isRemovable:&bIsRemovable isWritable:&bIsWritable isUnmountable:&bIsUnmountable description:&strDesc type:&strType];
[enumerator skipDescendents];


struct statfs b;


statfs( [strFile cString], &b );


NSDictionary* dir = [enumerator directoryAttributes];

[self addVolume:file icon:@"VOL"];
}


First, strDesc and strType are always null. Is there anything helpful in the statfs struct that could help me find the information I'm looking for?

Thanks!

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