Returns a Drive object corresponding to the drive in a specified path.

object.GetDrive ( drivespec ); 

Arguments

object

Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

drivespec

Required. The drivespec argument can be a drive letter (c), a drive letter with a colon appended (c:), a drive letter with a colon and path separator appended (c:\), or any network share specification (\\computer2\share1).

Remarks

For network shares, a check is made to ensure that the share exists.

An error occurs if drivespec does not conform to one of the accepted forms or does not exist.

To call the GetDrive method on a normal path string, use the following sequence to get a string that is suitable for use as drivespec:

[JScript]
DriveSpec = GetDriveName(GetAbsolutePathName(Path))

[JScript]

The following example illustrates the use of the GetDrive method.

[JScript]
function ShowFreeSpace(drvPath)
{
   var fso, d, s ="";
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(drvPath));
   s = "Drive " + drvPath.toUpperCase( ) + " - ";
   s += d.VolumeName + "<br>";
   s += "Free Space: " + d.FreeSpace/1024 + " Kbytes";
   return(s);
}
[VBScript]
DriveSpec = GetDriveName(GetAbsolutePathName(Path))

[VBScript]

The following example illustrates use of the GetDrive method:

[VBScript]
Function ShowFreeSpace(drvPath)
   Dim fso, d, s
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(drvPath))
   s = "Drive " & UCase(drvPath) & " - " 
   s = s & d.VolumeName   & "<BR>"
   s = s & "Free Space: " & FormatNumber(d.FreeSpace/1024, 0) 
   s = s & " Kbytes"
   ShowFreeSpace = s
End Function

See Also

GetAbsolutePathName Method | GetBaseName Method | GetDriveName Method | GetExtensionName Method | GetFile Method | GetFileName Method | GetFileVersion Method | GetFolder Method | GetParentFolderName Method | GetSpecialFolder Method | GetTempName Method
Applies To: FileSystemObject Object