Hi Monks,

I have a need to implement remote diskspace gathering using perl. I tried using the Win32::GetDriveSpace module but it seems that it only supports drives on the local machine and its mapped network drives.

What I'm trying to do is to run a single perl script on my local machine to gather data (total space, used, free, drivename) from other machines in the same network. I have already done this for unix machines but I don't see a way for Win32 machines. My local machine is a Windows XP btw. Somebody mentioned that I should look into WMI for this. Is this the only way or are there other ways to do this? Thanks in advance!

In reply to Any way to get drivespace info of Win32 machine remotely? by auyong

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