How to get if a disk is a Pocket Computer. - ComputerCraft Forums (archive)

Lamdax #1

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Posted 01 November 2014 - 11:35 AM

Hi,

I'm attempting to make a Pocket Computer program (which involves copying data from a computer). However, there is no disk API function to check if the disk is a Pocket Computer. For example, disk.hasData() returns true with either a floppy disk OR a Pocket Computer.

My question:
Is it possible to tell if a disk is either a Pocket Computer or a floppy disk? If so, how do I do it?

Thank you.

metron80 #2

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Posted 04 November 2014 - 03:40 AM

From what I saw, there is no way to check if it is a Pocket Computer. You can see if it is a floppy disk with this command:


disk.hasData(string side)

That returns a boolean saying whether or not it is a floppy disk. More infomation: http://computercraft.info/wiki/Disk_(API)

Hope I helped! ^_^/>

Dragon53535 #3

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Posted 04 November 2014 - 04:00 AM

More than likely if you can find a file that only exists on a pocket computer, then you can test to see if that file exists.

KingofGamesYami #4

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Posted 04 November 2014 - 04:07 AM

Eg: https://github.com/alekso56/ComputercraftLua/blob/master/rom/programs/pocket/falling

oeed #5

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Posted 04 November 2014 - 04:11 AM

I'm not entirely sure if this will work and it's won't work if the config is changed, but you could do something like this:


local diskType = 'music'
if disk.hasData(side) then
  local mountPath = disk.getMountPath(side)
  if fs.getSize(mountPath) + fs.getFreeSpace(mountPath) > x then
    diskType = 'pocket'
  else
    diskType = 'data'
  end
end

I'm not sure what 'x' is, but I'm sure you could find it.