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Table of Contents
4. Standard Units
4.74. WinDos - MS-DOS function emulation for OS/2 and Win32
4.74.2. WinDos Unit Procedures and Functions
4.74.2.2. DiskFree function


4.74.2.2. DiskFree function

Targets: MS-DOS, OS/2, Win32


Dos Unit, WinDos Unit

Returns the number of free bytes on a specified disk drive.

Declaration:
function DiskFree(Drive: Byte): Longint;
Remarks: Drive is the drive to check where A = 1, B = 2, and so on. If Drive is zero then the current drive is used.

DiskFree is useful in determining whether there is enough disk space for disk output. A message can be displayed if there is not enough disk space available.

Example:
uses
  Dos;
begin
  if (DiskFree(0) < 100000) and
      IsFixed(0) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Insufficient Disk Space');
      Halt(1);
    end;
  ...
end.
See also:
DiskFreeKB
DiskSize


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