If you set the partition label for the target of a file system archive,
then the use of findmnt eliminates the need for a special location. For
example:
findmnt -P -t ext4,xfs -o source,target,label
Note, the file systems in the example should be set to what you use for
your archive media.
Since I back up to network attached storage, I parse the output of the
following command to find a sub-directory of the primary mount points.
findmnt -P -t cifs,nfs,auto -o source,target,label |& \
while read Q
do
[[ "${Q}" =~ LABEL=\"([^\"]*)\" ]] &&
LBL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
[[ "${Q}" =~ TARGET=\"([^\"]*)\" ]] &&
TGT="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}/`hostname -s`"
[[ "${Q}" =~ SOURCE=\"([^\"]*)\" ]] &&
SRC="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
[ -n "$SRC" ] || continue
[ -n "$TGT" ] || continue
[ -d "$TGT" ] || continue
# The actions to perform are then based on the source,
# the label (if any) and any other criteria that can be
# found with other options to findmnt.
...
done
I schedule the script that does. I use a custom run-crons
(/usr/lib/cron/run-crons) but a script in /etc/cron.d would also be a
good choice.
Rather than dmesg, try
alias lsblock='lsblk -o name,label,fstype,size,type,tran -x name'
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