package fs import ( "errors" "path/filepath" "golang.org/x/sys/windows" ) var ( // ErrInvalidPath is returned when the location of a file path doesn't begin with a driver letter. ErrInvalidPath = errors.New("the path provided to GetFileSystemType must start with a drive letter") ) // GetFileSystemType obtains the type of a file system through GetVolumeInformation. // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364993(v=vs.85).aspx func GetFileSystemType(path string) (fsType string, err error) { drive := filepath.VolumeName(path) if len(drive) != 2 { return "", ErrInvalidPath } var ( buf = make([]uint16, 255) size = uint32(windows.MAX_PATH + 1) ) drive += `\` err = windows.GetVolumeInformation(windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(drive), nil, 0, nil, nil, nil, &buf[0], size) fsType = windows.UTF16ToString(buf) return fsType, err }