DriveInfo.AvailableFreeSpace Property
Definition
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Indicates the amount of available free space on a drive, in bytes.
public:
property long AvailableFreeSpace { long get(); };public long AvailableFreeSpace { get; }member this.AvailableFreeSpace : int64Public ReadOnly Property AvailableFreeSpace As LongProperty Value
The amount of free space available on the drive, in bytes.
Exceptions
Access to the drive information is denied.
An I/O error occurred (for example, a disk error or a drive was not ready).
Examples
The following code example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all of the drives on the current system.
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name);
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
Console.WriteLine(
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes",
d.AvailableFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes",
d.TotalFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ",
d.TotalSize);
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces output similar to the following:
Drive A:\
Drive type: Removable
Drive C:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: FAT32
Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
Drive D:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
Drive E:\
Drive type: CDRom
The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
granted to the user executing it.
*/
Imports System.IO
Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim allDrives() As DriveInfo = DriveInfo.GetDrives()
Dim d As DriveInfo
For Each d In allDrives
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name)
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType)
If d.IsReady = True Then
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel)
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", _
d.AvailableFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", _
d.TotalFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", _
d.TotalSize)
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces output similar to the following:
'
'Drive A:\
' Drive type: Removable
'Drive C:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: FAT32
' Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
' Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
' Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
'Drive D:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: NTFS
' Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
' Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
' Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
'Drive E:\
' Drive type: CDRom
'
'The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
'granted to the user executing it.
Remarks
This property indicates the amount of free space available on the drive. Note that this number may be different from the TotalFreeSpace number because this property takes into account disk quotas.
