Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:46:09 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Handling failed mount (media not connected) Message-ID: <18140.54529.1923.789795@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <813384.83992.qm@web58102.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <813384.83992.qm@web58102.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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L Goodwin writes: > My backup script (sh) works fine except when the > backup drive (USB Flash drive) is not plugged in. I'm > using mount_msdosfs to mount the backup drive. > > What is the best way to handle mount_msdosfs error? > If the drive is not mounted, I want to detect the > failure and execute error-handling code. First approximation, using sh: ls /dev | grep da4s1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # drive is available else # drive is not available if (Replace "da4s1" with whatever the flash drive gets created as.) Robert Huff
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