Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:49:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Helge Rohde <heroh@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shellscript conditional to check for external disk Message-ID: <20080622084815.N4272@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <200806212144.09925.heroh@gmx.de> References: <200806212144.09925.heroh@gmx.de>
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> Hello List, > > I need to write a backup script, and one of the required actions would be a > copy of the backup to an external firewire drive. I would like to make this > as easy as possible for the local staff, so i'd like to check whether the > drive is attached, if necessary mount it, copy over the backup and unmount > it again, so that the local staff can swap the external disks when they're > not used. > > Is there a canonical way to achieve what i want? I played with the idea of > simply checking for /dev/da0s1d's existance, but that won't disappear on > disconnect, won't disappear on disconnect? strange. you may add something to devd.conf - so your script will be started on attach.
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