Contributor: SWAG SUPPORT TEAM unit FileInfo; (* FILEINFO scans DOS' "list of lists" to retrieve valuable file information. It does this by calling undocumented MSDOS call 52h. It should be noted that this only works for DOS versions 2.0 and higher. No error checking for this is performed. *) interface uses dos; type FileTblPtr = ^FileTables; FileTables = record Next: FileTblPtr; NumFiles: word; NumHandles: byte; end; { FileTables } ListofListsRec = record DOSDriveParamBlock: pointer; DOSFileTbl: FileTblPtr; ClockDevice: pointer; ConDevice: pointer; MaxBytes: word; DiskBuffer: pointer; SubDirectory: pointer; FCBTable: pointer; FCBsProtected: word; NumBlocks: byte; LastDrive: byte; end; { ListofLists } DOSFilesObj = object ListOfLists : ^ListofListsRec; constructor Init; function LastDrive : char; function FilesUsed : integer; function ConfigFiles : integer; end; { ConfigObj } implementation constructor DOSFilesObj.Init; var regs: registers; begin regs.ah := $52; MsDos(regs); { call undocumented function 52h } { returns pointer to list of lists @Regs.ES,Regs.BX } ListofLists := Ptr(regs.ES,regs.BX); end; { DOSFilesObj.Init } function DOSFilesObj.LastDrive : char; begin LastDrive := Char(ListofLists^.LastDrive+64); end; { DOSFilesObj.LastDrive } function DOSFilesObj.FilesUsed : integer; var n: integer; p: FileTblPtr; begin n := 0; p := ListOfLists^.DOSFileTbl; while ofs(p^)<>$FFFF do begin inc(n,p^.NumHandles); p := p^.Next; end; { while } FilesUsed := n; end; { DOSFilesObj.FilesUsed } function DOSFilesObj.ConfigFiles : integer; var n: integer; p: FileTblPtr; begin n := 0; p := ListOfLists^.DOSFileTbl; while ofs(p^)<>$FFFF do begin inc(n,p^.NumFiles); p := p^.Next; end; { while } ConfigFiles := n; end; { DOSFilesObj.ConfigFiles } end. { FileInfo } {-------------- DEMO ------------------ } program filetest; uses fileinfo; var DOSFiles : DOSFilesObj; begin DOSFiles.Init; Writeln('LASTDRIVE=',DOSFiles.LastDrive); Writeln('DOS FILES USED=',DOSFiles.FilesUsed); Writeln('DOS FILES=',DOSFiles.ConfigFiles); end. { FileInfo }