Rostorageinfo – BrightSign Object Reference Manual (FW 5.1) User Manual
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roStorageInfo
This object is used to report storage device usage information.
Object Creation: The roStorageInfo object is created with a parameter that specifies the path of the storage device. The
path does not need to extend to the root of the storage device.
CreateObject("roStorageInfo", path As String)
Interfaces: ifStorageInfo
The ifStorageInfo interface provides the following:
Note: On some filesystems that have a portion of space reserved for the super-user, the following expression may not be
true:
GetUsedInMegabytes + GetFreeInMegabytes == GetSizeInMegabytes
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GetFailureReason() As String: Yields additional useful information if a function return indicates an error.
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GetBytesPerBlock() As Integer: Returns the size of a native block on the filesystem used by the specified
storage device.
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GetSizeInMegabytes() As Integer: Returns the total size (in mebibytes) of the storage device.
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GetUsedInMegabytes() As Integer: Returns the amount (in mebibytes) of space currently used on the
storage device.
Note: This amount includes the size of the pool because this class does not integrate pools into its calculations.
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GetFreeInMegabytes() As Integer: Returns the available space (in mebibytes) on the storage device.
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GetFileSystemType() As String: Returns a string describing the type of filesystem used on the specified
storage. Potential values are fat12, fat16, fat32, ext3, ntfs, hfs, Hfsplus.
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GetStorageCardInfo() As Object: Returns an associative array containing details of the storage device
hardware (a memory card, for example). For SD cards, the returned data may include the following: