# Udiskie

udiskie is an automatic disk mounting service using udisks. It can be used for mounting CDs, flash drives, and other media. It is simple to use and requires no configuration.

## Installation

You can install udiskie by using the udiskie package that is found in the official repositories. Start the udiskie service by adding:

    udiskie --tray &

to your xinitrc file, before the window manager is loaded. The tray icon is optional and requires the pygtk package to be installed. If you want to use experimental support for udisks2, start the udiskie service with:

    udiskie -2 --tray &

Once udiskie is running, all removable media will automatically be mounted under `/media` under a new directory that matches the device name.

## Unmounting

Use the `udiskie-umount` command to unmount media. For example, for a device named "MY_USB_DRIVE":

    udiskie-umount /media/MY_USB_DRIVE

Or, you can unmount all media with the command:

    udiskie-umount -a

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