Re: List of disc devices in a system
Hi Lino,
Well I did not have any problems with my DVD drives, my floppy drive however
caused an error message to be displayed:
import java.io.File;
public class ListRoots {
public static void main(String[] args) {
File[] roots = File.listRoots();
File[] ignoreRoots = new File[] { new File("a:\\") };
listRoots: for (File file : roots) {
for (File ignoreRoot : ignoreRoots) {
if (file.equals(ignoreRoot)) {
System.out.println("[ignored]" + file);
continue listRoots;
}
}
System.out.println((!file.canRead() ? "[not available]" : "") +
file);
}
}
}
Running the code above on a Windows XP gave:
[ignored]A: C: D: [not available]E: [not available]F: [not available]Z:
So maybe a workaround would be to ignore the floppy drive as the code above
does - which roots to ignore could be configurable in your application.
Cheers,
Martin.
"Lino" <marcelino.dominguez@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hello,
With File.listRoots() I can get the list of roots (devices) in a
system. The problem I'm having is that I'm getting the DVD unit
although it was empty. Does anybody know how to know if the DVD unit is
empty? With File.exists() I can know it but a message box with the
error appears and I want to avoid the appearing of this box.
Thanks in advance.
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