Re: [Boost-users] list all drives

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] list all drives
From: Michael Jackson (mike.jackson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-12 11:21:45

On 7/11/10 6:50 PM, in article
AANLkTilxjfmegCAHrXnOKOPLPcDMXXabMgCLA9_FXH36_at_[hidden], "Daniel
Trebbien" wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am programming on a widows system. Is it possible to list all drives
>> available in a system with boost::filesystem library or any other boost
>> library?
>> 
>> I have gone through boost::filesystem documentation, but could not find any
>> :(
>> 
>> Thanks a lot,
>>   Lloyd
> 
> Hi Lloyd,
> 
> Because the concept of drives is unique to Windows, Boost Filesystem
> does not implement such a function. Boost Filesystem and all Boost
> libraries are designed to be cross-platform.
> 
> To obtain a list of drives, you should instead use the Windows API
> function `GetLogicalDriveStrings`:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364975.aspx
> 
> Daniel

Doesn't OS X have the concept of separate Drives? They are all just mounted
in /Volumes

Mike Jackson