From: Corinna Vinschen On Jul 29 15:34, Schwarz, Konrad wrote: > > > > Can you answer the following question: > > > > > > > > Given a volume label, how does one figure out where the > > > corresponding > > > > volume has been mounted into the Cygwin namespace? > > > <snip> > > In Linux, you can look up the mount point for device /dev/sdXY > > in /proc/mounts or in the output of mount(8). Thus, given > > a volume label, you can figure out where to access the files > > on the volume. > > > > How do you do that in Cygwin? > > ls /cygdrive. Insert the disk. ls /cygdrive again. There's a new > directory entry now. > > Or, open the "Computer" Window on your desktop.
Dredging up an old thread (http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2011-07/msg00390.html)... Regarding Corinna's last suggestion, it seems to me that if Windows can associate a volume label with a drive letter, there must be a way to script this association, whether using Cygwin shell commands directly or indirectly through DOS commands. Using blkid(8), from the util-linux package, I can get a device name from a label: $ blkid -L CRUZER /dev/sdc1 Now, if I'm on the right path, how can I associate that block-special file with a drive letter or a /cygdrive/x path reference? --Ken Nellis
