[fpc-pascal]Getting disk label and serial numbers

[Michael.VanCanneyt at Wisa.be]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Rolf Grunsky wrote:

> I am currently trying to write a catalog program for my archive CD-ROM's
> and I can not find a working method of a) getting the volume label and
> b) getting the serial number.
>
> I am looking for a method that will work with both Win32 and OS/2.
> FindFirst with the volumeid attribute does not work with Win32 (and I
> know does not work with OS/2). I was a little surprised that there are
> no functions to read this information in the sysutils unit since it
> seems to be a common enough function. But I'm an old DOS programmer and
> maybe I'm missing something. I could use the DOS functions (Int21) but I
> really do want a native solution. In any case Win32 supports longer
> volume label name on CD-ROM's than either DOS or OS/2 does. Any pointers
> in the right direction would be appreciated.
>
> And for a related project, where can I find a Pascal implementation of
> the MD5 secure hash?

Check out the packages. Directory base/md5 contains a tested md5 hash;

Michael.