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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: HELP! How to find disk space on joined directories?
Message-ID: <467@octopus.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 05:12:07 GMT
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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I ran into an interesting problem today. I wonder if anybody out there
has dealt with it already? Please attempt to email answers since this
is pretty esoteric. I'll summarize the solution to the net (if one is found!)

I have a program that wants to test for remaining space in a temp hard
disk area before creating some mongo files. The normal disk-space DOS
(and MS/Turbo C) routines return remaining space on the current *drive*,
but not for the current *directory*. This is not important in pre-JOIN
days, but now things can get messed up:

	C: has 8 MB free
	C:\foo (current directory, where the user wants to put their stuff)
		has 2 MB free (drive D: is JOINed to C:\foo)

    The DOS call tells me I have 8 MB to play with. I try to use it and get
    blown away 'cuz really there are only 2!

Anybody know how to resolve this? I can't even find anything that shows
me if/how the current directory relates to JOINed disk drives!

Thanks!

Pete
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