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I still don't really get it.
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Yes. As I stated in my post.
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Hence the 'noauto' option.
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So how do I use it? Could you explain to me how that fstab line helps?
Why not make a udev rule that makes a symlink called "backup" for the first partition of a drive with the correct UUID?
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And when you do plug the device, then it can be mounted with a consistent mount point, or from a script, which is what I do. This particular unit is normally plugged to a server for backups scheduled as a cron job. The backup script mounts the device, performs the backup and unmounts the device just prior to the script exiting.
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I want a script to automatically mount it, and then unmount it when the backup is done.
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The device in this example is formatted with as NTFS.
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Why would you format your Linux flash drive with NTFS? Why not FAT, which has better Linux support and still works fine with Windows?