rsync and removable devices - SOLVED

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 20 April 2007, Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> Let me explain a bit clearer :-)
>
> I have some large files on this box (FC6) that I need to also have on my
> laptop (Mandriva).  Therefore I need to rsync
>
> box > removable drive > laptop.
>
> On both the box and the laptop I can see the files in konqueror - so it is
> mounting the drive correctly.  I can move files around manually.  What I
> can't do is find an rsync command that will address the removable drive.
>
OK - puzzle solved.  It's the difference in the way the two distros handle the 
drive.  On FC6 it's mounted as /media/sda1 whereas on Mandriva it's mounted 
as /mnt/removable.  I should have thought to check that in a normal konqueror 
window, rather than the automount inspired window.

Anne