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VBS: finding the root drive.
Posted on 2004-04-13
Hi,
I am putting together a pendrive with all my PuTTY settings and keys etc, there are 3 questions in this topic that should all be easy.
I know I can use VBS to create a shortcut, but I have a problem. When I plug the drive in, I do not know what the root letter will be (D:, E:, F: etc) and so cannot hard code a shortcut. I want to find the drive letter that the VBS script is running from. (Or better, and probably easier yet, the full path in case we are on a junction) is there an easy function to do this?
Thanks
Nigel.
I am putting together a pendrive with all my PuTTY settings and keys etc, there are 3 questions in this topic that should all be easy.
I know I can use VBS to create a shortcut, but I have a problem. When I plug the drive in, I do not know what the root letter will be (D:, E:, F: etc) and so cannot hard code a shortcut. I want to find the drive letter that the VBS script is running from. (Or better, and probably easier yet, the full path in case we are on a junction) is there an easy function to do this?
Thanks
Nigel.
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Try this:
GetPath.vbs:
function ShowAbsolutePath(path)
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.Fi
ShowAbsolutePath = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(pa
end function
function getDrive(path)
pos = instr(path,"\")
if pos > 0 then
getDrive = left(path, pos)
else
getDrive = ""
end if
end function
msgbox ShowAbsolutePath(".")
msgbox getDrive(ShowAbsolutePath(
Hope this helps
GetPath.vbs:
function ShowAbsolutePath(path)
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.Fi
ShowAbsolutePath = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(pa
end function
function getDrive(path)
pos = instr(path,"\")
if pos > 0 then
getDrive = left(path, pos)
else
getDrive = ""
end if
end function
msgbox ShowAbsolutePath(".")
msgbox getDrive(ShowAbsolutePath(
Hope this helps
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