drivelist

drivelist

List all connected drives in your computer, in all major operating systems.

Notice that this module does not require admin privileges to get the drives in any operating system supported.

Supports:

• Windows.
• GNU/Linux distributions that include util-linux.
• Mac OS X.

Examples (the output will vary depending on your machine):

var drivelist = require('drivelist');

drivelist.list(function(error, disks) {
		if (error) throw error;
		console.log(disks);
});

---

Mac OS X:

[
	{
		device: '/dev/disk0',
		description: 'GUID_partition_scheme',
		size: '*750.2 GB'
	},
	{
		device: '/dev/disk1',
		description: 'Apple_HFS Macintosh HD',
		size: '*748.9 GB'
	}
]

---

GNU/Linux

[
	{
		device: '/dev/sda',
		description: 'WDC WD10JPVX-75J',
		size: '931.5G',
	},
	{
		device: '/dev/sr0',
		description: 'DVD+-RW GU90N',
		size: '1024M'
	}
]

---

Windows

[
	{
		device: '\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0',
		description: 'WDC WD10JPVX-75JC3T0',
		size: '1000 GB'
	},
	{
		device: '\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE1',
		description: 'Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device',
		size: '15 GB'
	}
]

Installation

Install drivelist by running:

$ npm install --save drivelist

Documentation

drivelist.list(callback)

List available drives.

The function will throw an error if you attempt to call it from an unsupported operating system.

callback(error, drives)

• error is a possible error.
• drives is an array of objects describing the drives found.

Predicates

drivelist.isSystem(drive, callback)

Determines if a drive returned by drivelist.list() is a system drive.

The callbacks gets passed a single boolean value.

Tests

Run the test suite by doing:

$ gulp test

Contribute

We're looking forward to support more operating systems. Please raise an issue or even better, send a PR to increase support!

• Issue Tracker: github.com/resin-io/drivelist/issues
• Source Code: github.com/resin-io/drivelist

Before submitting a PR, please make sure that you include tests, and that coffeelint runs without any warning:

$ gulp lint

Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub.

ChangeLog

v1.2.0

• Implement isSystem predicate.

v1.1.2

• Prevent empty lsblk model crash the module. Return undefined description instead.

v1.1.1

• Prevent empty wmic size crash the module. Return undefined size instead.

v1.1.0

• Return non supported OS error to the callback instead of just throwing it.

License

The project is licensed under the MIT license.

Changelog

v1.2.0

• Implement isSystem predicate.