Checking paths and drives.

[WilliamGS]

Hello. How can I verify if a path is correct? only if it is correct, no matter if it doesn't exist; also, how can I verify if a drive exits?
I have a dialog where the user puts a path (example: P:\PROJECT1\DRAWINGS), and I have to verify it: the drive must exits y and it must be correct.

I am using VC++ 6.00.

Thanks in advance.

William GS.

 

[PerFnurt]

>how can I verify if a drive exits?

Any directory (including the root) has at least a . (dot) ...
[/code]
bool driveExist(TCHAR d)
{
CString drivePath;
drivePath = CString(d)+":\\*.*"; // i.e X:\*.*
WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
HANDLE hFind;
hFind = FindFirstFile(drivePath,&fd);
bool result = false;
if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
result = true;
FindClose(hFind);
}
return result;
}
[/code]

>I have a dialog where the user puts a path ...
1) If directiry exists - its valid
2) Else, if you can create the directory - its valid
3) Else, it's not valid.

(is there a point in specifying a non-existant directory?)


/Per
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