Short: Get information about mounted DOS device Author: Thomas Aglassinger Uploader: Thomas Aglassinger Type: dev/src Kurz: Erfrage Information über DOS Gerät TITLE device_info AUTHOR Thomas Aglassinger DESCRIPTION The C source codes in this archive show how to find out information about a device just by the name it is mounted with. You can use it for increase the usability of your programs. For example, don't expect the user to enter DEVICE="scsi.device" and UNIT=3, but instead let him simply specify DRIVE=CD0:. The latter one will even work if the user switched to a new SCSI-controller. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS You need a C compiler to compile the sources. For SAS/c and GCC, ready made Makefiles are already included. As the code does not use any special features, compiling it with others should be strait forward. AVAILABILITY Every Aminet mirror, file "dev/src/device_info.lha", for example: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/src/device_info.lha DISTRIBUTABILITY Public domain. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 277 55.8% 12-Aug-98 09:37:46 device_info.info 11180 3701 66.8% 12-Aug-98 09:22:06 +device_info.c 5389 2343 56.5% 12-Aug-98 09:39:26 +device_info.doc 6676 2607 60.9% 12-Aug-98 09:39:26 +device_info.guide 503 266 47.1% 12-Aug-98 09:36:48 +device_info.guide.info 968 417 56.9% 12-Aug-98 09:11:24 +device_info.h 1128 642 43.0% 12-Aug-98 09:31:26 +device_info.readme 463 242 47.7% 12-Aug-98 09:36:48 +device_info.readme.info 306 95 68.9% 12-Aug-98 08:50:42 +makefile 20 20 0.0% 12-Aug-98 08:56:14 +SCOPTIONS 295 156 47.1% 12-Aug-98 09:04:20 +smakefile 2103 678 67.7% 12-Aug-98 09:13:52 +test_device_info.c -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 29659 11444 61.4% 12-Aug-98 14:15:14 12 files