Finding the name of a USB volume

[Richard Gaskin]

Peter Alcibiades wrote:

> Extra bonus points:  what shell calls would I use to get this info on
> Linux?  I think I have the Windows side of things down, but I'll need to
> work out the Linux side soon.
>
> Richard, have you tried blkid?
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/8/blkid

Thanks.  Do you know offhand if this is part of the default install for 
many distros?

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