how to find USB devices in Cygwin

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In Cygwin on Windows 7, in which directory would you find your iPod or in my case, my SAMSUNG GT-N8103? I didn't see anything in dev that hints where to find it.

T. Webster

Posted 2013-01-10T22:24:27.780

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1Is it mapped to a drive letter in Windows? Try checking inside /cygdrive/ – Ben Voigt – 2013-01-10T22:26:07.047

check this too: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html

– golimar – 2013-01-11T10:31:49.907

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All storage devices which get mounted with Windows drive letters will appear beneath /cygdrive/. For example, C:\Windows\ is /cygdrive/c/Windows/ and I:\My Music\ is /cygdrive/i/My\ Music/

Ben Voigt

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where is your iPod or Android device? path? – T. Webster – 2013-01-11T05:17:33.417

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you can not find if your phone is connected with MTP connection as cygwin is not a full operating system, does not provide (kernel-mode) drivers for hardware and will not behave like a full UNIX OS will in all cases, as per USB device not recognized in cygwin but if your phone is connected as a mass storage device then you can mount it in Cygwin as

/cygdrive/I(or any letter)/

shreyas_patel21

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