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[shajilr]

Hi,
I have to find a certain file/directory is there in the user's system including all the shared drives. Could any one of you help me with this.Please note that the no of drives may vary.
Thanks,
Shajil


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Thanks & Regards,
Shajil

[Taco Bell]

Good luck as unfortunately a true search of the drives will take forever and annoy users.

[vuttex]

Use the function GetValidDriveList();

Create a while loop with the list you get from GetValidDriveList. In the loop use FindAllFiles();

Could look something like this:

listID = ListCreate (STRINGLIST);
GetValidDriveList(listID, -1, -1);

nResult = ListGetFirstString (listID, svString);

FindAllFiles(svString + ":\\", szTheFileYouWantToFind, svResult, RESET);

while (nResult != END_OF_LIST)

nResult = ListGetNextString (listID, svString);

FindAllFiles(svString + ":\\", szTheFileYouWantToFind, svResult, RESET);

endwhile;

ListDestroy (listID);

(the example will search all valid drives including floppy, cd etc. it will not search for the file in multiple places)

[Xitch13]

There may be other tricks to use depending on what type of file your looking to find.   Such as using the variables WINDIR and WINSYSDIR which will automatically track to where the system has them located.  Another way would be to have your installer put down the needed file where you want it.  You should obviously be careful with using the second option in certain situations