Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:22:00 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Automating mounting of ISO images Message-ID: <6E177CD7-7FA1-4A1C-ADBD-13F85A8049A1@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <20110323211605.4c893e70.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <21012F71-5038-45F1-98C6-72A0B1239009@d3photography.com> <31D3BED1-7035-435F-B127-EFAAF6AFF076@mac.com> <20D9B390-3190-4865-A19E-BDEDC595E7A2@d3photography.com> <20110323211605.4c893e70.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:06:14 -0500, Ryan Coleman =
<editor@d3photography.com> wrote:
>> I am also trying to make the directories right before the attempt
>> to mount the image (a 'duh' moment just now).=20
>> So I'd like to have just the filename, not the full path, made
>> as a folder...=20
>=20
> A directory. :-)
Thank you. :-) slip of the fingers...
>=20
>=20
>> In other news: The ISOs are all made by me, so no special chars,
>> just capital and lowercase letters, sometimes numbers, no spaces
>> and use of underscores and hyphens.
>=20
> Underscores and hypens are traditionally not a problem. Spaces
> can be and need extra attention. But as you're using PROPER
> filenames, it should be easy to get the target directory name
> from the ISO filename.
>=20
> The unelegant way is to use basename:
>=20
> DIRNAME=3D`basename ${FILE} .iso`
>=20
> Of course, there's a sh builtin for the same purpose:
>=20
> DIRNAME=3D${FILE%.iso}
>=20
> Adding this to the iteration list, you can easily create
> the directories needed prior to the mount attempt.
I'll give this a whirl in a bit.
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