[CentOS] Device name for a USB disk

joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Sat Apr 21 14:06:24 UTC 2007


Todd Cary wrote:
> What is the device name for a USB drive?  I want to rsync some files to 
> it and I have completely forgotten the device name!
> 
> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /dev/???????/

Because these are managed as SCSI drives, the names are /dev/sda[1...], 
/dev/sdb[1...],...
> 
> Many thanks....
> 
> Todd
> 


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