Cross-platform way of getting list of all drives (A - Z) on a computer?

[paul_nicholls]

Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a cross-platform way of getting a list of all drives installed in a computer?

I know of GetLogicalDriveStrings which returns a list of drive letters, but I am not sure if this is windows only...

EDIT: How would one do this on a Linux/Mac OSX machine? Those OSs don't use drive letters like Windows, do they?

cheers,
Paul

[paul_nicholls]

Actually, on this topic - I want to create a simple form in Lazarus that will allow the user to select a drive, then a folder on that drive, and then show all the files in the selected folder.

I am trying to make a sound preview form that the user can browse for sounds, play one to see if they like it, and then return that filename to the parent form.

It seems rather easy to do and I could just re-invent the wheel, but thought there might be one already done that I can modify

EDIT: and I would still like to do this in a cross-platform manner if possible

cheers,
Paul

[paul_nicholls]

I just looked at how GIMP does it and that seems pretty good


The Location edit control also directly controls which driver/folder you are - you start typing in that, and it fills with the closest match to date until you select one and press enter to update the files list below...

It would be great if I could emulate this or do something similar!

I guess Linux/Mac OSX would have just folder names or similar in the places list instead of drive letters?

cheers,
Paul

[User137]

As far as i know, Windows is the only OS that uses drive letters. In Linux DVD and other drives are something like /mnt/.../ i don't even remember too well.

[paul_nicholls]

As far as i know, Windows is the only OS that uses drive letters. In Linux DVD and other drives are something like /mnt/.../ i don't even remember too well.

You are right - I remembered the Linux and /mnt, etc. after I did the initial post

So, I don't suppose you (or anyone else) would have any idea where to start looking to get Linux/Mac OSX drive names on a machine then?

cheers,
Paul

[Legolas]

Could it be only matter of listing the subdirectories in /mnt?

[de_jean_7777]

Some temporary drives (usb memory sticks, ...) are also mounter under /media/.

[Stoney]

Mac OS X usually mounts drives under /Volumes/.

[paul_nicholls]

Thanks all, I will see what I can come up with

cheers,
Paul

[Cybermonkey]

Hm, I not sure if I understood correctly. You want the User first select the drive and then the file, right? But what about the ordinary TopenDialog? One can select all drives from within ... and this works on all OSs. But maybe I got something wrong ...

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