On 01/15/2019 10:40 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Mon 14 Jan 2019 at 19:06:29 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:On 01/14/2019 02:18 PM, David Wright wrote:On Mon 14 Jan 2019 at 10:20:51 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:On 01/14/2019 09:22 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:Assuming there are entries in fstab for each partition, [...] for i in /dev/sd<device_letter>*; do mount $i; doneRchard Owlett wrote:There are not.In the most general case i would have a where-to-mount directory with lots of directories for the various partitions (here 10 drives with 20 partitions each).But thankfully I don't have to deal with the most general case as I am as compulsive about giving all partitions a reasonably unique label as Debian is about assigning UUIDs."Reasonably unique" doesn't really cut it.
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For my current 2.2TB, the labels seem acceptably unique: MainCdrive my-big-dvd fromdell richardofdell debversionrichar Projects F_drive OldMachine fullstretch debian8.6 recover-common tomboy-testing owlcommon new-net-inst good-fvwm tst_mysql tst_mariadb dummy target gddrescued_commo jessie8-6-6 common stretch-2nd 17oct2017 common-bak backup_homedirs myhome dectest scratch_pad FreeAgentGoFlexDrive windows GOFLEXPART5 recovered mate-full post-failure MISC-backupsSure, but this sort of ad hoc naming "scheme" means that you have to be aware of the entire current population of names every time you create a new one. That presents a danger of collision.
If partition labels were not explicitly assigned on an _ad hoc basis_, they would be useless.
Consider the usefulness of a dictionary arranged by UUID rather than on an _ad hoc basis_ ;/
Quoting [https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/terms/ad-hoc/]
The term “ad hoc” is a Latin phrase that literally means “to this” and commonly understood as meaning “for this purpose.” It can also be used to mean “as needed.” It is commonly used in both business and government settings. Ad hoc refers to actions taken to address a specific situation, circumstance, or problem, and not usually intended to address other or ongoing issues.
IOW “for this purpose” == "finding partition with needed content".If the labels were not "acceptably unique" they would, by definition, *NOT* be "ad hoc" [i.e. not suitable for intended purpose].
Cheers, David.