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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