Here is one way: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Win32API::File qw(
    getLogicalDrives GetVolumeInformation );

for my $root (  @ARGV ? @ARGV : getLogicalDrives()  ) {
    my( $vol, $ser, $maxlen, $bits, $fs );
    $root .= ":"   if  length($root) < 2;
    $root .= "/"   if  length($root) < 3;
    if(  ! GetVolumeInformation( $root, $vol, [],
        $ser, $maxlen, $bits, $fs, [] )  ) {
        warn "Can't get information about $root: $^E\n";
    } else {
        print "$root is $fs named ($vol)\n";
    }
}

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or, more specifically: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use Win32API::File qw( GetVolumeInformation );

sub getVolumeLabel {
    my( $root )= @_;
    $root .= ":"   if  length($root) < 2;
    $root .= "/"   if  length($root) < 3;
    my $vol;
    GetVolumeInformation( $root, $vol, [], [], [], [], [], [] )
        or    undef $vol;
    return $vol;
}

for my $root (  @ARGV  ) {
    my $label= getVolumeLabel($root);
    if(  defined $label  ) {
        print "$root is ($label).\n";
    } else {
        warn "Can't get label for $root: $^E\n";
    }
}

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Yes, you should already have Win32API::File, so you shouldn't have to install a new module, whiner. ;)

        - tye

In reply to (tye)Re: win32 drive name by tye
in thread win32 drive name by xafwodahs

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