On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 07:38:30AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I'm trying to make sure I don't do something catastrophic by
> misunderstanding.
>
> I do
>
> lvcreate --name ascii-root --size 3G jessie
>
> to create a logical volume called "ascii-root" within the volume
> group "jessie".
>
> Then I look at the result by
>
> ls /dev/mapper
>
> and get:
>
> root@notlookedfor:/# lvcreate --name ascii-root --size 3G jessie
> Logical volume "ascii-root" created
> root@notlookedfor:/# ls /dev/mapper
> control jessie-devuan--home jessie-devuan--usr jessie-tmp
> jessie-ascii--root jessie-devuan--root jessie-devuan--var
> root@notlookedfor:/#
>
> Now I get it that it concatenates the folume group name, a hyphen,
> and the logical volume name.
>
> But why does it stick an extra hyphen in the logical volume name?
To “escape” the hyphen in name, in order to differentiate between
concatenation hyphen and in-the-name hyphen.
BTW, check ls /dev/jessie/
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Tomasz Torcz To co nierealne -- tutaj jest normalne.
xmpp: zdzichubg@??? Ziomale na życie mają tu patenty specjalne.
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Re: [DNG] Names of logical volumes
