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Q114864: How to Find the Hard Disk Drive Name Using FoxPro for Mac

Article: Q114864
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 10-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b 
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SUMMARY
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Using the sample program below, you can programmatically determine the name of
the current hard disk drive for functions such as SET DEFAULT TO in situations
where you will not know this information ahead of time.

MORE INFORMATION
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Method 1
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NOTE: SYS(16) returns the full path of the currently executing program.

     *Procedure to determine the hard drive name in FoxPro/Mac
     SET TALK OFF              && stop echo to screen
     PRIVATE x, datafolder
     datafolder="Apps:Data:"   && folder structure depends on the system
     x=LEFT(SYS(2027,SYS(16)),AT(":",SYS(2027,SYS(16))))
     * Variable X now contains the hard drive volume name
     x=x+datafolder            && set up the DEFAULT path
     SET DEFAULT TO (x) && sets default even though we didn't know HD name
     SET TALK ON

Method 2
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The following commands will place a list of all mounted volume names (delimited
with semicolons) in the memory variable "vol_list":

     SET LIBR to foxtools
     vol_list=fxVolume()

Method 3
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The following command will place the volume name FoxPro started from in the
memory variable "start_vol":

     start_vol=SET('DEFAULT')

Additional query words: VFoxMac FoxMac volume name SYS(2027) SYS(16)

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbVFP300bMac
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b

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