I created a udev rule named "/etc/udev/rules.d/75-myusb.rules".
The only thing inside it is this line:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYMLINK+="myusb"
After creating it I plugged a USB drive and a file named myusb is indeed created inside /dev
Since it is a SYMLINK I did assume that I can use it to navigate into the USB. But it doesn't work that way.
Am I misunderstanding what a SYMLINK can do or am I missing something here?
Best Answer
Your symlink points to the device file associated with the USB drive. That's different from the mount point where you can access the file system on your USB drive.
As a device file is not a directory you can't use
cd
with a device file or a symlink pointing to a device file.