/* ** DRIVSRCH.C - public domain by Marty Connelly, Victoria, BC 1992 ** ** Modified by Bob Stout ** ** Routine checks how many valid disk drives are available on machine, ** both physical and logical drives */ /* ** Includes drive letters assigned with DOS SUBST command ** ** Networked drives are left as an exercise as I don't have access ** to them to check. ** ** The routine uses undocumented DOS interrupt 32H. ** ** Compatible with MSC 5 and 6, ZTC++, BC++, other DOS compilers ** ** DS:BX contains the address of the Disk Parameter Block (DPB) for a ** requested drive. If the drive letter at offset 0 of the DPB doesn't ** match the requested drive, then the drive has been SUBST'ed. */ #include #include #if !defined(MK_FP) #define MK_FP(seg,off) ((void far *)(((long)(seg) << 16)|(unsigned)(off))) #endif #ifdef __TURBOC__ #define _far far #endif void main(void) { int i; int unsigned result; int drivestatus[26]; unsigned char _far *DPB; union REGS regs; struct SREGS sregs; /* routine checks for all valid drive possibilities from A to Z */ /* ** if removeable media drive ie. floppy drive A: has a latch door ** open you will get "Abort Retry" panic message */ for (i = 0; i < 26; i++) { /* drive number (0=default, 1=A, 2=B,etc.)*/ regs.h.dl = (unsigned char)(i + 1); segread(&sregs); regs.h.ah=0x32; /* DOS interrupt 32H */ /* was undocumented for DOS release 3.2 */ intdosx(®s,®s, &sregs); result=regs.h.al; DPB = MK_FP(sregs.ds, regs.x.bx); /* ** result =0 then valid drive ** =255 or ff hex then invalid or non-existent drive */ if (0 == result && *DPB != (unsigned char)i) drivestatus[i] = 1; else drivestatus[i]=result; } for (i = 0; i < 26; i = i + 2) { printf("drive %c: status code =%3d drive %c: status code =%3d\n", 'A' + i,drivestatus[i],'B' + i,drivestatus[i+1]); } return; }