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Re: /mnt usage



On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 09:41:15PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 1/15/24 20:05, David Wright wrote:
> > And I've never created any mount point under /mnt. For a one time
> > copy, /mnt is handy; always there, I don't have to mkdir at all.
> 
> 
> What about when you need multiple temporary mount points?

I have /mnt1, /mnt2.

> What about when you have an portable backup drive that you connect once a
> week?  And the drive is encrypted?  And your backup system wants to know
> where?

Ah, for specific mounts I have specific points. Encrypted backup goes
to /media/backup (yes, I "inherited" that from somewhere) and the decrypted
device gets named backup (thus /dev/mapper/backup).

Cheers
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t

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