OK, you are right... Problem was not precise enough. I need to process CDs to create a list. Does it ring a bell for you?
Thanks 2007/11/15, Laszlo Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Gabor Urban wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem, which may be trivial, but I could not find an answer. > > > > I have to write a Python script, which does a directory tree walking > > on given mounted disk. But I do need to extract the volume id, > > somehow. And that's the problem. An additional issue, the script will > > be used on unix type systems, and on MS XP or Vista, too.... > > > > Any ideas are wellcome. > I believe (although not 100% sure) that "volume id" always belongs to a > FAT partition (maybe an NTFS partition?). When you format a partition, > it will give you a - hopefully unique - volume identifier. I don't think > that unix partitions (like reiserfs, ext2, ext3, ufs2 etc.) has that > identifier. I may be wrong, others will probably correct me. > > Do you want to know the identifier (serial number?) of the disk device > instead? E.g. not the partition but the hard disk? > > Can you list the platforms/operating systems where you want to use your > program? It might help to look at the documentation/source code or the > various hardware diagnostic utilities. > > Best, > > Laszlo > >
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