Hi. The "right way" to retrieve this kind of information is from WMI. If u
never used it download Scriptomatic from Microsoft and start exploring. I
don't think it flat out tells u the information ur looking for but I think u
can figure it out by cross referencing some things. The branches u'll
probably be interested in are Win32_OperatingSystem, Win32_LogicalDisk*, and
Win32_Disk*. But be careful to differentiate between the system device and
the boot device. They're not necessarily the same thing and u can get
burned by Microsoft's obtuse terminology and numbering system. For example
on my system, what boot.ini calls disk 0 part 1, is really disk 1 part 0.
Some branches use the latter numbering, others the former. *shakes fist*
At 03:00 PM 3/30/2009 -0700, gai...@visioninfosoft.com wrote:
>I discovered (on my computer) that ENV vars named 'SystemRoot' and
>'SystemDrive' exist.
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>Does anyone know if these would be present on all Windows computers?
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>If so, it would seem the answer here would be to merely look at
>$ENV{'SystemDrive'}
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>Can anyone think of a reason where these ENV vars would not exist?
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