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
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