volumes

returns a list of volumes.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows Introduced: 1.0 Security: disk

# Syntax

the volumes

# Examples

the volumes

if myDisk is among the lines of the volumes then setNewDirectory

# Description

Use the volumes function to find out which disks are available for use.

A volume is usually a disk, but a single disk may be partitioned into multiple volumes, each of which appears as a separate icon. In this case, each partitioned volume is listed separately by the volumes function.

Disks which are physically installed or inserted into a disk drive, but are not currently mounted, do not appear in the list returned by the volumes function.

>*Cross-platform note:* On Mac OS and OS X, removable > drives (such as floppy drives) that are connected, but do not contain > a disk, do not appear in the list returned by the volumes > function. On Windows, empty but connected > removable drives are reported by the volumes function.

>*Note:* On Mac OS and OS X systems, volumes may contain slash > characters (/) in their names. To use such a volume as part of a path, > replace the slash with a semi colon before constructing the path.

# Tags

file system,

# See

- **keyword:** line - **command:** replace - **function:** folders, diskSpace, files - **control structure:** function - **glossary:** Windows, Mac OS, return, OS X