[SOLVED] a small problem in my script

Davno · 04-10-2020, 03:17 PM

Hi,
I have this line in a script that used to work, but it needs to be modify because of the new M2 drive named New Volume instead of a UEFI name.
How can i modify the name New Volume, it does not work because of the blank space.

Code:

text x=75 y=815 sensor=disk format="%u" mountpoint="/media/normand/New Volume" color=250,250,250 font="Albany" shadow=1 fontsize=09

Thank you.

trewornan · 04-10-2020, 03:24 PM

Is this name defined in /etc/fstab?

Davno · 04-10-2020, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trewornan

Is this name defined in /etc/fstab?

No, its not in fstab, the /etc/fstab is almost empty, my drives don't show there.

dmchess · 04-10-2020, 03:48 PM

When I mount a portable usb drive to my system, I do an ls on it first and see what the system tells me:

like so:

ls /media/terry

and hen I get output like this:

HP Portable Drive

then is the ls again, except I /H<tab> and then I get something like this:

ls /media/terry/HP\ Portable\ Drive/

Then I can use that string in my bash commands.

Terry

trewornan · 04-10-2020, 03:49 PM

Have you tried escaping the space:

mountpoint="/media/normand/New\ Volume"

sometimes you might even have to escape it twice:

mountpoint="/media/normand/New\\\ Volume"

no guarantees though.

trewornan · 04-10-2020, 04:09 PM

Also you could try changing the label/name perhaps to "New_Volume" or similar, there's a previous question on this forum about that:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...tition-628528/

Davno · 04-10-2020, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trewornan

Also you could try changing the label/name perhaps to "New_Volume" or similar, there's a previous question on this forum about that:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...tition-628528/

All the other post did not work, so i think i will change the label.
How should i go about it, since the M2 drive has a drive letter in Windows 10 and its called New Volume in Linux.
P.S. It has important data on it.
Thanks

trewornan · 04-10-2020, 07:22 PM

sudo apt install parted
parted

then something like:

select /dev/???
print all
name Partition-number New_Volume

**!!!! BUT !!!** - I've never done this myself so you should look up the "parted" command and check it out for yourself, read the help, etc, and if the drive has important data (as you say) BACK IT UP before doing anything.

Davno · 04-10-2020, 07:28 PM

I changed the name to New_Volume instead of New Volume, and now my script run.
Thanks