Network drive free space

I need to be able to check how much drive space is available over my network.  I would be plugging in the path of the drive (\\servername\driveletter) and need to be able to see the amount of space available.  I was using the "volume info.vi" to get my local drive info, but couldn't get it to work over my network.

Opps, nevermind.  Just a typo on my part

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