Re: Alias for pen drives

[Matthew Flaschen <matthew flaschen gatech edu>]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Thanks, Andrea. Precisely, I am looking for a label that does not
> depend on the filesystem, likewise '/dev/dvd'. If I insert my pen
> drive and run the command 'df- h', I can see that '/dev/sdd1'
> corresponds to the pen drive. However, this label ('dev/sdd1') depends
> on the filesystem.

/dev/sdd1 corresponds to the partition, not the filesystem.  /dev/sdd
corresponds to the drive.  However, the sdd may change.

Matt Flaschen