how to identify the file system type of a drive?

Tim Golden mail at timgolden.me.uk
Mon Mar 16 11:06:53 EDT 2009


venutaurus539 at gmail.com wrote:
> hi all,
>          Is there any way to identify the File system type of a drive
> in python in Windows? Some thing like:
> 
> C:\ -- NTFS
> D:\ -- FAT32..

<code>

import win32api
import win32file

def file_system (drive_letter):
  return win32api.GetVolumeInformation (
    win32file.GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint (
      "%s:\\" % drive_letter
    )
  )[4]


print file_system ("C")

</code>


TJG



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