Yep; I always leave a "STOP" file in the mount directory, and often a "GO" in te mounted volume itself. Makes checking easy :-)
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Roger Searle <[email protected]> wrote: > I learnt from someone here, think it was Jim from memory, that I can do > something like this in my script: > > # don't proceed if usb drive not mounted as/where expected: > if [ -e /media/truecrypt1/STOP ] > then > echo > echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > echo Backup drive not mounted? > echo Script exiting, do a check!! > echo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > echo > exit 1 > fi > > which of course assumes you know the drive will be mounted in > /media/truecrypt1 and that you have previously created the file named STOP > when it is not mounted. > > Cheers, > Roger > > > > > On 13/09/13 11:55, Robert Fisher wrote: >> >> Here is how to suck eggs Grandma:- >> >> Do not run rsync to backup files to a portable drive without first >> checking that the drive is mounted. >> >> Filling up the root partition is not easy to fix. >> >> I know this from recent experience. >> >> -- >> Robert Fisher >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
