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#1 2009-12-05 21:54:51
- tsr-nc
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finding device node for mount point
how do i find a device node for a disk mounted by hal when i know the mount point
i need this for a script.
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#2 2009-12-05 22:23:07
- graysky
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Re: finding device node for mount point
What is the output of mount? It should give the block device and mount point. I would think you can grep/awk or sed the rest out to get what you want for the script.
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#3 2009-12-06 04:09:29
- perbh
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Re: finding device node for mount point
cat /etc/mtab -or-
cat /etc/mtab | awk -v m=$MOUNTPOINT '{ if ($2 == m) print $1 }'
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#4 2009-12-09 00:51:30
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Re: finding device node for mount point
Thank you thats just what i was looking for
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