Formatting device from a script on Windows

[volcano]

Hello, folks!
Script I am creating has to format a device - USB flash drive. I have
tried using regular DOS "format" through "os.system" - did not work
well, because DOS format requires input from user. And the script
should run without user interference.
I have taken a look at ActivePython "win32..." libraries - did not find
anything.
Ideas? Pretty please?

Regards, Mark

[weir]

Re: Formatting device from a script on Windows

this may help, you need ctypes module.

############### ###############
from ctypes import *

fm = windll.LoadLibr ary('fmifs.dll' )

def myFmtCallback(c ommand, modifier, arg):
print command
return 1 # TRUE

FMT_CB_FUNC = WINFUNCTYPE(c_i nt, c_int, c_int, c_void_p)


FMIFS_HARDDISK = 0x0C
fm.FormatEx(c_w char_p('H:\\'), FMIFS_HARDDISK, c_wchar_p('NTFS '),
c_wchar_p('titl e'), True, c_int(0), FMT_CB_FUNC(myF mtCallback))

[volcano]

Re: Formatting device from a script on Windows


weir wrote:

this may help, you need ctypes module.
>
############### ###############
from ctypes import *
>
fm = windll.LoadLibr ary('fmifs.dll' )
>
def myFmtCallback(c ommand, modifier, arg):
print command
return 1 # TRUE
>
FMT_CB_FUNC = WINFUNCTYPE(c_i nt, c_int, c_int, c_void_p)
>
>
FMIFS_HARDDISK = 0x0C
fm.FormatEx(c_w char_p('H:\\'), FMIFS_HARDDISK, c_wchar_p('NTFS '),
c_wchar_p('titl e'), True, c_int(0), FMT_CB_FUNC(myF mtCallback))

Thanks for info, but somehow I am getting "invalid syntax" on this.
What could go wrong?

[volcano]

Re: Formatting device from a script on Windows

OK, it worked. Obviosly, quick format was a bad choice.

Thanks a lot for your help!
Mark