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GetFileStoreFree, GetFileStoreSize, and GetFileStoreUsage - Return the Free Space, Total Space, and Used Space

Valid on NetWare, Symbian OS, UNIX, Windows and Windows CE

The GetFileStoreFree, GetFileStoreSize, and GetFileStoreUsage functions provide the free space, total space, and used space on the file system in KB, respectively.

Functions format:

GetFileStoreFree(filename as String) as Integer

GetFileStoreSize(filename as String) as Integer

GetFileStoreUsage(filename as String) as Integer

filename

Specifies a path to a file or directory and identifies the file system. A file system has the usual meaning in UNIX. In Windows it is a drive.

Each function returns the amount in KB.

Example:

This example lists the size, and the used and free space of drive C:\.

Dim size, free, used As Integer
Dim TAB As Char
TAB = 0x0009
ClrScr()

size = GetFileStoreSize("c:\")
free = GetFileStoreFree("c:\")
used = GetFileStoreUsage("c:\")
Print("Capacity of drive c:\")
Print("Total size" + TAB + TAB + Str(size))
Print("Free storage" + TAB + Str(free))
Print("Used storage" + TAB + Str(used))