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Drive paths in unix ~/

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On my Mac I have 5 drives. Names are DRIVE_1 to DRIVE_5. DRIVE 1 & 2 are the same drive, just 2 partitions of that hard drive. DRIVE_3 is a second hard drive all on its own. DRIVE_4 is a firewire hard drive, and DRIVE_5 is an internal Superdrive.

So, how do I denote these volumes in terminal? Let's say I want to open FOLDER on DRIVE_4, what would I type in terminal to tell it to switch from throot drive (DRIVE_1) to DRIVE_4? But really, just tell me how to get to the root of another drive, and I'll be fine. You can even just fill out this form:

thanks-

I want to access DRIVE_3, when I open terminal I type?

Last login: Mon Mar 1 01:25:10 on console
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1. cd / *this will take you to the root*
2. cd Volumes *this is where all the drives are,eg cd/dvd, hard drives etc*
3. ls *it will show all drives*
4. cd drive_4/folder4/any possible subfolder

hope it helps
 
simplistic way:

to see my mounted volumes, i cd /
then i ls to see what is in the directory.
then i cd to Volumes
and so on.....


you beat me to it abhishekit!
 
the thing is most people dont know how to get to the drive or whats on it.
Easiest way is to do cd /Volumes/(volume name, if it has spaces "type it like this with quotes" or do\ it\ this\ way\ putting\ a\ backslash\ before\ the\space)/(folder).
 
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