Name/ID of removable Media: how?

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--
Tim's wmi stuff looked interesting, so I tried it out, and now I have a
question.


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#!/usr/bin/python

import wmi
import win32api


c=wmi.WMI()
for i in c.Win32_CDROMDrive():
    v=i.VolumeSerialNumber
    print "WMI serial",v,long(v,0x10)

vn,sn,ln,flg,fstype=win32api.GetVolumeInformation("d:\\")
print "win32api serial",sn,long(sn)
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The output from the above script (drive d contains cd) is:

WMI serial D0ADBEE7 3501047527

win32api serial -793919769 -793919769


What's the difference between the two serial numbers?  WMI is returning
a long converted to a hex repr string, while win32api is returning an
int (type(sn) is <type 'int'>), & converting to hex bears no resemblance
to what WMI shows.  What am I missing?

Metta,
Ivan
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