GetDisk

The GetDisk function extracts the disk drive designation from the fully qualified path or file name specified by szPath and returns it in svDisk.

Syntax

GetDisk ( szPath, svDisk );

Parameters

GetDisk Parameters

Parameter

Description

szPath

Specifies a fully qualified path or file name that includes a drive designation. If a drive designation is not included, GetDisk will fail. The value passed in szPath may be a UNC path.

svDisk

Returns the drive designation (which includes the colon). If szPath is a UNC path, GetDisk returns the server name and shared device name in the format \\server\sharedevice.

Return Values

GetDisk Return Values

Return Value

Description

0

Indicates that the function successfully returned the drive designation.

< 0

Indicates that the function was unable to return the drive designation.