Environment.GetLogicalDrives Method
Definition
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Retrieves the names of the logical drives on this computer.
public:
static cli::array <System::String ^> ^ GetLogicalDrives();public static string[] GetLogicalDrives ();static member GetLogicalDrives : unit -> string[]Public Shared Function GetLogicalDrives () As String()Returns
An array of strings representing the logical drive names.
Exceptions
An I/O error occurs.
The caller does not have the required permissions.
Examples
The following example shows how to display the logical drives of the current computer using the GetLogicalDrives method.
// Sample for the Environment::GetLogicalDrives method
using namespace System;
int main()
{
Console::WriteLine();
array<String^>^drives = Environment::GetLogicalDrives();
Console::WriteLine( "GetLogicalDrives: {0}", String::Join( ", ", drives ) );
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
GetLogicalDrives: A:\, C:\, D:\
*/
// Sample for the Environment.GetLogicalDrives method
using System;
class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine();
String[] drives = Environment.GetLogicalDrives();
Console.WriteLine("GetLogicalDrives: {0}", String.Join(", ", drives));
}
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
GetLogicalDrives: A:\, C:\, D:\
*/
// Sample for the Environment.GetLogicalDrives method
open System
let drives = Environment.GetLogicalDrives()
String.concat ", " drives
|> printfn "\nGetLogicalDrives: %s"
// This example produces the following results:
// GetLogicalDrives: A:\, C:\, D:\
' Sample for the Environment.GetLogicalDrives method
Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine()
Dim drives As [String]() = Environment.GetLogicalDrives()
Console.WriteLine("GetLogicalDrives: {0}", [String].Join(", ", drives))
End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'GetLogicalDrives: A:\, C:\, D:\
'
Remarks
On Windows, GetLogicalDrives returns the names of all accessible drives on a particular machine, including any optical drives or removable media devices, in the form "<drive letter>:\" (for example, "C:\"). On Unix, it returns the paths of all filesystem mount points mounted on a particular machine (for example, "/home/user", "/media/usb").
