On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:50:48 +0100
Teodoro Santoni <asbrasbra@???> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> 2015-12-25 18:42 GMT+01:00, Steve Litt <slitt@???>:
> > Anyway, if I stick in a thumb drive that contains
> > partitions /dev/sdd1 and /dev/sdd2, would the most convenient way
> > for it to automount be /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2, or would it be more
> > convenient by the ID so it might look
> > like /mnt/usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_0FEAEC2F-0:0-part1
> > and /mnt/usb-Generic_Flash_Disk_0FEAEC2F-0:0-part2?
>
> My very personal use-case suggests this behaviour: if the device has a
> label, use that (/mnt/label), otherwise the block device name for
> brevity.

That *does* sound good. I might put it on a todo list. But what also
has to be checked for is that two plugged in devices don't
inadvertently have the same label.

> If I don't know whatever I plugged in, I would ls whatever there is.
> Or run blkid.

That would be a pretty easy tool for me to create and package with the
automounter.

>
> Probably though, being a tool that would work independently from file
> managers and DEs, the UUID would be a better choice, because `ls /mnt`
> would be everything you need to inspect whatever is mounted.

The problem I see with that is this: Who knows the UUID of all their
thumb drives. With /dev/sd? you can at least try to guess which one got
plugged in last, and then verify.

SteveT
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