CALL INTERRUPT Example to Get Disk Drive Capacity, Free Space (46980)

MORE INFORMATION

The code sample below shows how to use the CALL INTERRUPT routine to display a drive's used space, available space, and total capacity. The example works under MS-DOS in Microsoft QuickBasic versions 4.0, 4.0b, and 4.5, Microsoft Basic Compiler versions 6.0 and 6.0b, and Microsoft Basic PDS versions 7.0 and 7.1 for MS-DOS. For QuickBasic versions 2.0, 2.01, or 3.0, you need to modify the program to use the CALL INT86 statement instead of CALL INTERRUPT.

Below is further information about MS-DOS interrupt 21 Hex (33 decimal), with subfunction 36 Hex (54 decimal). This subfunction gets disk-drive allocation information, from which the drive's capacity and remaining free space can be calculated.

Invoke this function with the following register values:

   AH = 54
   DL = drive code (0 = default, 1 = A, 26 = Z)
				

If the function is successful, it returns the following:

   AX = Sectors per cluster
   BX = Number of available clusters
   CX = Bytes per sector
   DX = Clusters per drive
				

If the function is unsuccessful (drive invalid), it returns the following:

   AX = FFFF Hex
				

Code Sample

You can compile this program within the QuickBasic environment as follows:

   QB filename /L [ QB.QLB ]
				

For Basic PDS 7.0 and 7.1, start the QBX.EXE environment as follows:

   QBX filename /L [ QBX.QLB]
				

Or, compile with BC.EXE and LINK.EXE as follows:

   BC filename [ options ]
   LINK filename,,,QB.LIB [ options ]
				

For Basic PDS 7.0 and 7.1, use BC.EXE and LINK.EXE as follows:

   BC filename [ options ]
   LINK filename,,,QBX.LIB [ options ]

DECLARE FUNCTION unsignedlong& (num%)
REM ******************************************************************
REM **                                                              **
REM ** RegType is a user-defined type used by the CALL INTERRUPT    **
REM ** routine. The file QB.BI contains the user-defined type and   **
REM ** the prototyping for the subprogram INTERRUPT. The            **
REM ** INTERRUPT routine is located in the QB.QLB and the QB.LIB.   **
REM **                                                              **
REM ** For Basic PDS 7.0 use QBX.BI for the include file and the   **
REM ** library QBX.QLB or QBX.LIB for CALL INTERRUPT support.       **
REM **                                                              **
REM ** Note: When not using the user-defined type provided with     **
REM **       the QuickBasic package, the length of the TYPE must    **
REM **       be 20 bytes long. Unpredictable results will occur     **
REM **       if the length is less than 20 bytes.                   **
REM **                                                              **
REM ******************************************************************

TYPE RegType
  AX    AS INTEGER
  BX    AS INTEGER
  CX    AS INTEGER
  DX    AS INTEGER
  BP    AS INTEGER
  SI    AS INTEGER
  DI    AS INTEGER
  FLAGS AS INTEGER
  DS    AS INTEGER
  ES    AS INTEGER
END TYPE
DIM REGS AS RegType
CLS
PRINT "**  Drive Capacity Utility  **": PRINT
PRINT "NOTE: Drive number ranges 0 through 26, where A = 1, C = 3"
PRINT
INPUT "Drive number to obtain drive capacity from : ", DriveNum%
IF DriveNum% < 0 OR DriveNum% > 26 THEN
   PRINT
   PRINT "ERROR: Invalid Drive Number (RANGE: 0 thru 26)"
   PRINT
   END
END IF
REGS.AX = &H3600      '** AH = 36, AL = 00
REGS.DX = DriveNum%   '** DH = ??, DL = DriveNum%
CALL INTERRUPT(&H21, REGS, REGS)
IF REGS.AX = -1 THEN    '** -1 = &HFFFF
   PRINT
   PRINT "ERROR: Invalid Drive Specification"
   PRINT
   END
END IF

REM **Convert the signed register values to "unsigned" long integer
REM   values. This insures that the amount of free disk space will be
REM   a positive unsigned value.

BXLong& = unsignedlong&(REGS.BX)
CXLong& = unsignedlong&(REGS.CX)
DXLong& = unsignedlong&(REGS.DX)

REM ** TEMP = [ Sectors per cluster ] TIMES [ Bytes per Sector ]    **
Temp& = REGS.AX * CXLong&

REM ** CAPACITY  = [ TEMP ] TIMES [ Clusters per Drive ]            **
Capacity& = Temp& * DXLong&

REM ** AVAILABLE = [ TEMP ] TIMES [ Number of Available Clusters ]  **
Available& = Temp& * BXLong&

REM ** INUSE     = [ CAPACITY ] MINUS [ AVAILABLE ]                 **
InUse& = Capacity& - Available&

PRINT
PRINT "Drive Number = "; DriveNum%
IF DriveNum% = 0 THEN
   PRINT "** Default drive number used **"
ELSE
   PRINT "      Letter =  "; CHR$(64 + DriveNum%)
END IF
PRINT
PRINT USING "Capacity  = ###,###,###"; Capacity&
PRINT USING "In Use    = ###,###,###"; InUse&
PRINT "            ==========="
PRINT USING "Available = ###,###,###"; Available&
END

FUNCTION unsignedlong& (num%)
       IF num% < 0 THEN
               unsignedlong& = num% + 65536
       ELSE
               unsignedlong& = num%
       END IF
END FUNCTION