Mount point of connected device (devicePath)

[skyksandr]

Hi,

Is there any way to get mount point of connected device?

[MadLittleMods]

Related to:

• Get USB mount point #18
• how can I get device path? #10
• Get Path from Devices (devicePath) #31

[skyksandr]

For OS X I think it can be possible with kiobsdnamekey.

CFStringRef bsdName = ( CFStringRef ) IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty ( usbDevice,
                                                                       kIOServicePlane,
                                                                       CFSTR ( kIOBSDNameKey ),
                                                                       kCFAllocatorDefault,
                                                                       kIORegistryIterateRecursively );

Found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2459414/osx-how-to-get-a-volume-name-or-bsd-name-from-a-iousbdeviceinterface-or-locat

But because I'm not familiar with C++ and IOKit I failed with make it work by just adding this code to detection_mac.cpp

[skyksandr]

I made simple usb-mount-notifier if anyone interested to.
https://github.com/skyksandr/usb-mount-notifier/tree/master

going to use it this way:

var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
    usb_notifier = spawn('usb-mount-notifier');

usb_notifier.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
  console.log('stdout: ' + data);
});

[sboudouk]

Can you make a simple README where you explain how to install it @skyksandr ? Does this work for Linux / Windows ?

[skyksandr]

@sboudouk Nope, it doesn't. But I figured out how to handle this on windows. You can find 'copy-pastable' solution here:
https://github.com/skyderby/skyderby_desktop/blob/master/app/usb-mount-notify.js
Windows part a bit complicated but it is it simplest solution I think.

To install usb-mount-notifier just copy binary from build directory to your project.

It would be nice If someone helps with Linux part.

UPD: forget about dependencies - you'll need ref and ref-struct modules installed.

[sboudouk]

Thanks for your answer @skyksandr , I starred you by the way.

[sudhakar3697]

https://gist.github.com/sudhakar3697/e065128a7ca5694647aac7b94f481289