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Author: Edward Bartolo
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To: Gregory Nowak
CC: dng, d_pridge
Subject: Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?
> Therefore, if N usb drives happen to have the same name, they would be renamed:
> usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1]


The second line should be corrected to:
usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1]_unique-lable

On 26/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a USB drive identifier, one can use a naming scheme like the following:
> usb0_label0, usb1_label1, usb2_label2,... , usbN_labelN
>
> Therefore, if N usb drives happen to have the same name, they would be
> renamed:
> usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1]
>
> Some restrictions on the unique-lable length should be put in place
> not to end up with very long combersome drive names.
>
> Edward
>
> On 26/12/2015, Gregory Nowak <greg@???> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:20:36PM -0600, d_pridge wrote:
>>> Would  /mnt/[label]/sdd1  help ID the drive?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you're asking. It could however solve the problem of
>> what to do if two drives are plugged in that have the same label.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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