How to Find the Hard Disk Drive Name Using FoxPro for Mac

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Method 1

NOTE: SYS(16) returns the full path of the currently executing program.

   *Procedure to determine the hard drive name in FoxPro/Mac
   SET TALK OFF              && stop echo to screen
   PRIVATE x, datafolder
   datafolder="Apps:Data:"   && folder structure depends on the system
   x=LEFT(SYS(2027,SYS(16)),AT(":",SYS(2027,SYS(16))))
   * Variable X now contains the hard drive volume name
   x=x+datafolder            && set up the DEFAULT path
   SET DEFAULT TO (x) && sets default even though we didn't know HD name
   SET TALK ON
				

Method 2

The following commands will place a list of all mounted volume names (delimited with semicolons) in the memory variable "vol_list":

   SET LIBR to foxtools
   vol_list=fxVolume()
				

Method 3

The following command will place the volume name FoxPro started from in the memory variable "start_vol":

   start_vol=SET('DEFAULT')