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list partitions in nodejs

I would like to get the list of partitions in windows, using nodejs. fs.readdir works fine for any folder below or including C:, but I cant figure out what to give it to have the list of partitions like "C:", "D:" and so on.

Anyone know what I should use?

Solution

  • There is no api in node.js to list partitions. One workaround is to use child_process and execute wmic command (or any command which can list partitions).

    var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
    list  = spawn('cmd');

list.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
  console.log('stdout: ' + data);
});

list.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
  console.log('stderr: ' + data);
});

list.on('exit', function (code) {
  console.log('child process exited with code ' + code);
});

list.stdin.write('wmic logicaldisk get name\n');
list.stdin.end();