Telling which volume is an iDisk

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

Given that I have my internal hard drive, an external with multiple partitions and an iDisk, how can I tell from AppleScript which is the iDisk?

#2

Hi,

the iDisk can be identified by its format (WebDAV)

#3

This:

tell application "Finder"
	format of  disk "iDiskname"
end tell

returns: Mac OS Extended format

Just like my startup disk.

doug

#4

on my machine (10.5.8) it returns the proper disk

tell application "Finder"
	1st disk whose format is WebDAV format
end tell
#5

I get an error:

Can’t get 1.

10.6.1

doug

#6 
tell application "Finder"
	try
		1st disk whose format is WebDAV format
	on error
		-- iDisk not mounted
	end try
end tell
#7

of course I assume that the iDisk is mounted :wink:

#8

How about:

tell application "Finder"
	try
		set myDisk to first disk whose URL contains "http://idisk.mac.com/"
	on error theErr
		display alert "iDisk not located" message theErr
		-- no iDisk disk mounted
	end try
end tell

This would avoid the issue of there possibly being more than one WebDAV disk mounted.

Best wishes

John M

#9

actually the URL of a mounted iDisk starts also with /Volumes (at least on 10.5.8)