Identification of the media (USB key or hard disk) on which the script is executed

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Good morning

I discovered python 6 months ago but I never got used to it really leaning.

I would like to create a python script that identifies whether it is on USB media (key) or on a computer (hard drive or SSD). I tried several techniques, with the os extension in particular. I never succeeded (however, I managed to identify the operating system, which was a small victory :wink:).

My goal is the following: to succeed in creating a script which, if it is plugged from a USB key onto a computer and executed on it, does not launch, but if it is placed in the computerā€™s directory then launched, then there he can execute.

Do you have a tutorial on hand explaining how to do it, or even a ready-made script?

Otherwise, if of course the logic of this forum is not to do the work in place of the requesters (which I understand - on my Arduino forum, thatā€™s itā€¦), tell me some avenues to follow to achieve my goals.

Thank you beforehand

[Edited per userā€™s request to remove personal information ā€” @CAM-Gerlach]

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Bonjour Mr.Elliot lolā€¦ nywy just kidding
You can think of checking the ā€œabsolute pathsā€ which you have said you have tried and you could identify the OSā€¦ An overview in windows OS is to check how the path starts like C:/ drive just shows this is a hard drive unless you have partitioned and assigned drive letters to the partition we can assume any other absolute path starting with a different drive letter is an external deviceā€¦ just a thought.
if you are using Linux then check the mounted devices directory if there is a mounted deviceā€¦ check this also
https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/104737-bash-script-detect-list-usb-flash-drives.html

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Hello and thank you for your answer

I had already thought about looking at absolute paths, but I want the script to work on all operating systems. So I abandoned this idea, due to lack of knowledge to code a script with this multi-platform techniqueā€¦

But the way you do it, it seems less complex to implement, so Iā€™m going to tackle it. THANKS :slight_smile:

Also thank you for the link provided, Iā€™ll take a look at that :wink:

Good day

[Edited per userā€™s request to remove personal information ā€”@CAM-Gerlach]