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List Disks

The List Disks command returns a list containing the names of every mounted volume, including CD-ROMs, floppy disks, AppleShare volumes, and so on. List Disks is one of several commands provided by the File Commands scripting addition.

SYNTAX

list disks

RESULT

The result is a list of strings.

EXAMPLE

list disks
--result: {"My Disk", "Our Server", "Joe's Floppy"}

ERROR

Error number	Error message
-35	Disk <name> wasn't found.
-50	Parameter error.
-108	Out of memory.
-1703	Some data was the wrong type.
-1704	Some parameter was invalid.
-1705	Operation involving a list item failed.
-1719	Can't get <reference>. Invalid index.