X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: Adam Dinwoodie To: Cygwin-L Subject: RE: disk format question Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:15:57 +0000 Deferred-Delivery: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:15:00 +0000 Message-ID: References: <50EC265F.2010507@mailme.ath.cx> <50EC37EA.8000308@etr-usa.com> <50EC3D77.5080804@mailme.ath.cx> <50EC8E7F.4030606@etr-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <50EC8E7F.4030606@etr-usa.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id r09AGJLA011429 Warren Young wrote: > If this were Linux, I'd suggest basing your script's logic on device or > filesystem UUIDs, but I don't know how to do that under Cygwin. Under Cygwin, you can refer to a device by UUID by looking under the path /proc/sys/GLOBAL??/ (those are literal question marks; you'll probably need to escape them in bash). There's a little more discussion about this directory from Corinna at . I've looked through the UG, and quickly searched Google, and can't find anything more in depth, though. -- Adam Dinwoodie Messages posted to this list are made in a personal capacity. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple