RE: [Dev-C++] GetDiskFreeSpaceEx Question

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Actually, there isn't much you can do.

- Modify the receiving function to take a 64-bit parameter. Don't worry
about portability since you are anyway using a Win32-specific function to
retrieve the value.
- Modify the receiving function to take a scaled (kB maybe) value.
- Modify function to take two params. High + low. Not a nice solution.

There really isn't any other way since real partitions normally are larger
than 4GB, i.e. need more than 32-bit to represent size.

/Per W

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Hammamur Rahman wrote:

> Hi, thank you for your help!
>
> I have now used the QuadPart, I written a test program to see what
> values I get with using the variables with the QuadPart and without.
> All of my partition output the same size, but one outputs different,
> i.e. the uliFree is returning different values to uliFree.QuadPart.  I
> think I know what the problem is.  The partition outputting different
> values has got more then 4 gigs free, all the other partitions have got
> less then 2 gigs free.
>
> Could you please tell me how I can fix this, I tried to follow the
> Microsoft site, but got more confused.
>
> Thank You!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Hammamur Rahman
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> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] GetDiskFreeSpaceEx Question
>
> You might use the uliFreeCaller.QuadPart value, which is a 64-bit
> integer.
>
> Or, if you know that the information is < 4GB, you have a 32-bit value
> in
> uliFreeCaller.LowPart.
>
> Note that since a HD normally is larger than 4 GB, you may not assume
> that
> you might send the information to a function that only accepts a 'normal
> integer value'.
>
> A little improvement would be to Rewrite your function to assume space
> in
> kB units, and then you call it with:
> 	MyFunction(unsigned(uliFreeCaller.QuadPart / 1024));
>
> That would be safe up to 4TB disks.
>
> /Per W
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Hammamur Rahman wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi, I'm using the following function:
> >
> > GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(&szDrives[i], &uliFreeCaller, &uliTotal, &uliFree)
> >
> >
> >
> > The uliFreeCaller, uliTotal, uliFree are all of type ULARGE_INTEGER.
> Now I
> > need these values as normal integer so I could pass these values to
> another
> > function which only accepts normal integer values.  How could I
> convert them
> > to normal integer, do I have to cast them.  Please help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank You!
> >
> >
> >
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