How do I find an open drive letter

[mike]

I'm writting a DOS script for W2K and XP. I need to build
a routine which can find an open drive letter which I can
map to. Any suggestion on the best way to do this?

thanks

mike

[Ron Lowe]

"mike" > wrote in message
...
> I'm writting a DOS script for W2K and XP. I need to build
> a routine which can find an open drive letter which I can
> map to. Any suggestion on the best way to do this?
>
> thanks
>
> mike


How about just mapping to the next available drive letter, using the '*'
option:

net use * \\homenetdc01\download\microsoft

Drive X: is now connected to \\homenetdc01\download\microsoft.

The command completed successfully.

You'd need to parse the output of the command to determine which drive
letter it's chosen.

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Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

[mike]

Thank you Ron. I'll give that a shot.

thanks

mike

>-----Original Message-----
>"mike" > wrote in message
...
>> I'm writting a DOS script for W2K and XP. I need to
build
>> a routine which can find an open drive letter which I
can
>> map to. Any suggestion on the best way to do this?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> mike
>
>
>How about just mapping to the next available drive
letter, using the '*'
>option:
>
> net use * \\homenetdc01\download\microsoft
>
> Drive X: is now connected to \\homenetdc01
\download\microsoft.
>
> The command completed successfully.
>
>You'd need to parse the output of the command to
determine which drive
>letter it's chosen.
>
>--
>Best Regards,
>Ron Lowe
>MS-MVP Windows Networking
>
>
>.
>