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From: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com>
To: Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: shell scripting question (mdconfig device choosing)
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Luke Bakken wrote:

> #!/bin/sh
> 
> function find_first_mdevice
> {
>     MDDEV='md0 md1 md2 md3 md4 md5 md6 md7 md8 md9'
>     MDOUT=`mdconfig -l`
> 
>     for DEV in $MDDEV
>     do
>         if ! echo $MDOUT | grep -q $DEV
>         then
>             break
>         fi
>     done
>     echo $DEV
> }
> 
> find_first_mdevice


Thank you so much - I will try it out immediatelty.