i would like to add the path to inserted flash drive named backup1 to a variable so i can copy /Documents/dir to this flash drive path in one script without user interaction
Mac – can i find usb path and save to variable for quick backups
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Best Answer
Try
B=/Volumes/backup1and thencp -p /Documents/dir/* $B.