On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote: > > Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A > > to usb drive B copy is done with a simple bash script consisting > > only of the rsync backup command, with options and parameters, but > > without any code to verify that usb drive B is attached. > > If your backup script is a bash script then all you need do is put > something like: > > if ! findmnt /mnt/usb-drive-b; then
just out of curiosity.. why "findmnt" instead of if [ ! -d /mnt/usb-drive-b ]; then Thanks Lee
