Free size of different volume?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard,

> Klaus Major wrote:
>> Hi Richard,
>>> The diskSpace function returns the free space of the drive the  
>>> app  is running from.
>>  From the current volume!
>>> I have an installer that runs from a CD, and I need to get the   
>>> avialable size of the destination volume.
>>>
>>> Any built-in way to do this, or am I stuck with hunting down  
>>> shell  calls?
>> ...
>> set the folder to "any folder on or even target volume itself"
>> put diskspace into its_free
>> ...
>> works for me :-)
>
> Which OS?
>
> So far readers here have reported that it works well on Windows,  
> but on OSX only returns the info for the drive the app is running  
> from.
>
> If you have a way to get this working on OS X I'd love to learn how.

Ah, yes, now that you say it...

I tried at work where the app starts on an OS X volume but the  
diskspace it retrieved from
the server which is a windows volume

Strange enough!???

> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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Regards

Klaus Major
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