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Autor: Steve Litt
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To: dng
Betreff: Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?
On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 17:01:42 -0700
Gregory Nowak <greg@???> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 03:05:16PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2 would be incredibly easy to implement: I
> > could have it done within an hour.
> >
> > The only thing stopping me is that /mnt/sdd1 and /mnt/sdd2 say
> > nothing about which physical thumb drive it refers to. And at
> > different times under different conditions, the same physical thumb
> > drive could be /mnt/sdd once, and /mnt/sde another time.
>
> "dmesg |tail"?
>
> > Naming after the id could
> > conceivably lessen such confusion.
> >
> > On the other
> > hand, /mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1
> > and /mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1
> > would be a lot more to type in, and if there were two similar Lexar
> > thumb drives plugged in at the same time, it would be more
> > confusing than
>
> Personally, I'm already not inclined to type /media/sdd1 when
> referring to the drive in a command. I'd be inclined to type
> /mnt/usb-LEXAR_JD_Secure_II_+_106A1D05221649250807-0:0-part1 even
> less. If that was mounted under /media ...


Wait. Then what *would* you be inclined to type in?

SteveT

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