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Chapter 2 - File Manager / File Manager Reference

Low-Level Volume Access Routines / Manipulating the Default Volume

PBGetVol

You can use the PBGetVol function to determine the default volume and default directory.

FUNCTION PBGetVol (paramBlock: ParmBlkPtr; async: Boolean): OSErr;

paramBlock

A pointer to a basic File Manager parameter block.

async

A Boolean value that specifies asynchronous (TRUE) or synchronous (FALSE) execution.

-->	ioCompletion	ProcPtr	A pointer to a completion routine.
<--	ioResult	OSErr	The result code of the function.
<--	ioNamePtr	StringPtr	A pointer to a pathname.
<--	ioVRefNum	Integer	A volume reference number or a working directory reference number.

DESCRIPTION

The PBGetVol function returns, in ioNamePtr, a pointer to the name of the default volume (unless ioNamePtr is NIL) and, in ioVRefNum, its volume reference number. If a default directory was set with a previous call to PBSetVol, a pointer to its name is returned in ioNamePtr and its working directory reference number is returned in ioVRefNum. However, if, in a previous call to HSetVol (or PBHSetVol), a working directory reference number was passed in, PBGetVol returns a volume reference number in the ioVRefNum field.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro for PBGetVol is _GetVol.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
nsvErr	-35	No default volume