On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:19:04 +0000, A. Dumas wrote:

> Chris Elvidge  wrote:
>> Have you tried basename $(readlink /dev/disk/by-label/LABEL)
>
> Nice. Safer, get the whole name: readlink -e /dev/disk/by-label/LABEL

Used in tonight's backup (after commandline test, natch) instead of the
original suggestion.

A quick search shows how and when /dev/disk/by-label gets populated with
symlinks, though not how or why they get discarded.


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