Find the directory for a FileStore

Question

I\'m trying to find a way to detect when a flash drive has been plugged into my computer. So far, the solution I found was to poll FileSystem#getFileStores for changes. This

Answer 1

Here's a temporary work around until a better solution is found:

public Path getRootPath(FileStore fs) throws IOException {
    Path media = Paths.get("/media");
    if (media.isAbsolute() && Files.exists(media)) { // Linux
        try (DirectoryStream stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(media)) {
            for (Path p : stream) {
                if (Files.getFileStore(p).equals(fs)) {
                    return p;
                }
            }
        }
    } else { // Windows
        IOException ex = null;
        for (Path p : FileSystems.getDefault().getRootDirectories()) {
            try {
                if (Files.getFileStore(p).equals(fs)) {
                    return p;
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                ex = e;
            }
        }
        if (ex != null) {
            throw ex;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

As far as I know, this solution will only work for Windows and Linux systems.

You have to catch the IOException in the Windows loop because if there is no CD in the CD drive an exception is thrown when you try to retrieve the FileStore for it. This might happen before you iterate over every root.