Specify target device as /dev/disk/... causes error: ERROR: Target media "/dev/disk/..." is not an entire storage device!

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Describe the bug

I was attempting to write a Win7 installation .iso to a USB drive. For safety I usually specify disk devices as
/dev/disk/by-id/... instead of /dev/sd[abcd] as I'm much less likely to overwrite a device by accident.

To Reproduce

sudo ./woeusb-5.2.4.bash --device 7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1.iso  /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_Edge_2006087572031AA345AA-0\:0

ERROR: Target media "/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_Edge_2006087572031AA345AA-0:0" is not an entire storage device!

Expected behavior

As /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_Edge_2006087572031AA345AA-0\:0 is a symlink to /dev/sda I expected the command to work exactly as if I had specified /dev/sda.

The command runs without error if I specify /dev/sda

Environment

• OS: Mint 21.1
• Bash: GNU bash, version 5.1.16(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
• WoeUSB: 5.2.4