On Jan 18, 6:37am, Robert Elz wrote: } } Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 23:26:35 +0100 } From: Michael van Elst <mlel...@serpens.de> } Message-ID: <20160117222634.ga5...@serpens.de> } } | I'd rather have something that lists existing devices, allocates } | a fresh one and tells me the name and works for all such pseudo disks. } } I use the following script. You will probably want to remove the } "echo cgd0" bit - I do that to permanently reserve cgd0 from this kind } of use (all my systems use that one for one particular purpose.) } } I call it next_avail - usage is something like } } VND=$( next_avail vnd ) } CGD=$( next_avail cgd ) } } (and whatever else is similar, I know there is at least one more, but I } have forgotten which it is .. oh yes, raid of course...)
Don't forget ccd(4). }-- End of excerpt from Robert Elz