Re: [Hampshire] Losing data on iPod

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Author: John Hunt
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To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Losing data on iPod
Yes, I know I should have just used $IPOD_MOUNTPOINT, I just added
that after + I'm lazy.

On 15/02/07, John Hunt <johnrhunt@???> wrote:
> Well, I got it working...just added an fstab entry which it seems to
> use.. no doubt my usb flash drive will want to use it too.
>
> I used this script which launches when the ipod is inserted (and the
> commented fstab line in my fstab):
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # John's ipod wrapper script for banshee
> # This will mount the ipod if not already mounted,
> # update itunes db properly and then unmount the ipod
>
> # /dev/sda        /media/ipod     vfat
> rw,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=iso8859-15,check=r,user
> 0 0
> export IPOD_MOUNTPOINT="/media/ipod"
> mount /media/ipod/
> banshee
> mktunes
> umount /media/ipod/
> umount -l /media/ipod/
> umount -f /media/ipod/

>
> Perhaps not the best script, but it now seems to work.
>
> On the topic of the fstab file, does anyone know how I can address the
> ipod/usb memory stick/girlfriends ipod uniquely? Perhaps using that
> UUID= syntax like my hard disk partitions do?
>
> Cheers,
> John.
>