> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> -- >> web site: http://www.gregn.net >> gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc >> skype: gregn1 >> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your >> contacts. >> >> -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Dng mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >> > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
