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Batch: Disk: Name: How to check the name of a disk using 4dos/4nt? [volume / label / @label]

Sep 22nd, 2004 10:49
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 21 September 2004 - 02:57 am ------------------

Batch: Disk: Name: How to check the name of a disk using 4dos/4nt? 
[volume / label / @label]

Especially when you are using USB disks, you will see that the drive
letter might change.

But you want to run a batch file specific for that drive.

What you can do is to give that drive a name,
and then search for that name.

When found you do your action (e.g. running that batch file
for that drive).

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Set the name of your drive once

     for example:

       e:

       label diskbackupknud

 2. -Go to all current disk drive names
     to see if it is your backup disk

     1. If found, then run that batch file

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Steps: Worked out:

 1. -Set the name of your drive once

      e.g.

       e:

       label diskbackupknud

 2. -Go to all current disk drive names
     to see if it is your backup disk

     1. If found, then run that batch file

 3. Save this as a batch file (e.g. updachec.bat)

    This is basically a case statement, searching for your
    (e.g. backup) disk name.

     if the volume name of disk c: equals that of your backupdisk
     or
     if the volume name of disk d: equals that of your backupdisk
     and so on.

      if found do something (in this case running the backup batch 
file)


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cdd c:\bbc\taal

if %@LABEL[ d: ] == diskbackupknud updadisd.bat

if %@LABEL[ e: ] == diskbackupknud updadise.bat

if %@LABEL[ f: ] == diskbackupknud updadisf.bat

if %@LABEL[ g: ] == diskbackupknud updadisg.bat

if %@LABEL[ h: ] == diskbackupknud updadish.bat

if %@LABEL[ i: ] == diskbackupknud updadisi.bat

if %@LABEL[ j: ] == diskbackupknud updadisj.bat

if %@LABEL[ k: ] == diskbackupknud updadisk.bat

if %@LABEL[ l: ] == diskbackupknud updadisl.bat

if %@LABEL[ m: ] == diskbackupknud updadism.bat

if %@LABEL[ n: ] == diskbackupknud updadisn.bat

if %@LABEL[ o: ] == diskbackupknud updadiso.bat

if %@LABEL[ p: ] == diskbackupknud updadisp.bat

if %@LABEL[ q: ] == diskbackupknud updadisq.bat

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Tested successfully on Microsoft Windows XP Professional with
4NT v5.00U

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Internet: see also:

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Batch: Disk: Name: Operation: Get: How to get the name of a disk using 
4dos/4nt? [@label / volume]
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/31505/fid/936

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Batch: Disk: Name: Operation: Set: How to set the name of a disk using 
4dos/4nt? [@label / volume]
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/31502/fid/936

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