8thString

CPP: Windows: GetDiskFreeSpaceExW Retrieves information about the amount of space that is available on a disk volume, which is the total amount of space, the total amount of free space, and the total amount of free space available to the user that is associated with the calling thread. Notes: - Tested using Visual Studio 2022 (17.2.6) C++ Windows Console template Reference(s): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-getdiskfreespaceexw

CPP: Windows: FindFirstVolumeW Retrieves the name of a volume on a computer. FindFirstVolume is used to begin scanning the volumes of a computer. See line 85 for sample usage Notes: - Tested using Visual Studio 2022 (17.2.6) C++ Windows Console template Reference(s): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-findfirstvolumew

CPP: Windows: DeviceIoControl An application can use the DeviceIoControl function to perform direct input and output operations on, or retrieve information about, a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, tape drive, or CD-ROM drive. The following example demonstrates how to retrieve information about the first physical drive in the system. It uses the CreateFile function to retrieve the device handle to the first physical drive, and then uses DeviceIoControl with the IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY control code to fill a DISK_GEOMETRY structure with information about the drive. Notes: - Tested using Visual Studio 2022 (17.2.6) C++ Windows Console template Reference(s): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/devio/calling-deviceiocontrol

CPP: Windows: GetLogicalDriveStrings Fills a buffer with strings that specify valid drives in the system. Notes: - Tested using Visual Studio 2022 C++ Windows Console template Reference(s): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-getlogicaldrivestringsw

Python: Convert string to and from base64 format Base64 encoding is a format that can be used for data transfer in HTML or general data representation as you don't need to escape it. To convert a stream of byte object to base64 and vice versa, use the following example.

Python: Print all ASCII upper case characters

CPP: Windows: Get logical drives Retrieves a bitmask representing the currently available disk drives. Notes: - Tested using Visual Studio 2022 C++ Windows Console template Reference(s): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-getlogicaldrives