On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 03:18:17PM -0500, Ed Hoeffner wrote: > Pipe abuse!! > > MOUNTPATH=`gawk '/\/dev\/cdrom/{print $2}' /etc/fstab` > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Adam Maloney > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:40 PM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Newbie question-Getting Mount Information for an > Install Script > > > Assuming it's mounted, and in fstab, and the actual device is /dev/cdrom: > > MOUNTPATH=`cat /etc/fstab | grep "/dev/cdrom" | awk '{ print $2 }'` Assuming the machine is IDE only you can use: for dev in `find /proc/ide/ -name media -exec grep -Hl cdrom {} \; | cut -d/ -f5`; do mount | grep $dev | cut -d" " -f3 ; done To get the list of mount points for the cdroms in the system. florin -- "NT is to UNIX what a doughnut is to a particle accelerator." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030731/49842742/attachment.pgp