Get type of DOS object?

[AGS]

Hi,

I would like to know the type of what a path points to. Possible types are:

ram:
volume:
assign:
/directory

I have the path as above and I am interested in the type. For example get the value 1 if object is a ram disk, get a 2 if it is a volume and so on.

greets,
ags

[AGS]

I now try something with FindDosEntry(). Just the "ram:" type is not covered by that. What else to identify "ram:" can I do than comparing the name with strings, e.g. "Ram:", "Ram Disk:" or so?

[Daedalus]

The Ram Disk is always mounted as RAM:, so simply checking for that should be enough surely? Part of the whole Amiga way of thinking is that all drives and volumes are treated equally, so that files can be handled by any device transparently to the software.

I'm sure there's a way of finding out the handler that controls a particular volume, perhaps if you're scanning all volumes you can look for ram-handler or something like that? I vaguely remember something like that being possible but can't remember the struct it's in.

[hooverphonique]

Originally Posted by AGS

I now try something with FindDosEntry(). Just the "ram:" type is not covered by that. What else to identify "ram:" can I do than comparing the name with strings, e.g. "Ram:", "Ram Disk:" or so?

there's no fool-proof way to identify ram-based filesystems (because they're nothing special compared to others) , so you will need to e.g. match the handler/task name, as suggested, against a list of known ram handlers.

[idrougge]

I'd just test if the destination is 100% full. It's not what the original poster wanted, but I think it fits the purposes intended.

[AGS]

Thanks for the ideas. Purpose is a filerequester/filemanager, where the free bytes (or K, M, G) should be shown after the volume names.