On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:30:37AM -0400, Lee wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > > > > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM BST, Kamil Jońca wrote: > > > > why not > > > > if ! mountpoint /mnt/usb-drive-b ; then ... > > > > ? > > > > > > I'd not heard of either `mountpoint` or `findmnt` before. I see they're > > > both part of util-linux, so I guess as likely as each other to be > > > available (which is one criterion I would use for choosing) > > > > > > The approach I would have used (and it's not infallible) is > > > > > > test -f /mnt/usb-drive-b/.some-file > > > > > > where '.some-file' exists on the device but not on the empty mount > > > point. > > > > If we're continuing this thread, why would one want to use > > /mnt/usb-drive-b for mounting a usb drive instead of automatically > > mounting to > > /media/$USER/filesystem-UUID ? > > What do you do if you get two USBs containing file systems with > the same UUID?
Is that possible? I suppose it is.. so I'd go looking for how to change the UUID for one of the usb drives. Regards, Lee
