Hello everyone,
It's my first time in hacking something so deep in linux, so please
don't be too hard on me. It concerns the code packaged in "linux-utils",
I hope I have found the correct mailing list.
Here is the problem :
I need a way in shell script to get back the device name from the
label name, in order to restore (ie: format) it correctly in a recovery
solution (mondorescue).
For instance, a call to "e2label" do the job for the ext2/3 kind of
partition.
But for swap partition, there is _no_ way to get it back. The name
didn't appear in /proc/swaps or /proc/partitions.
Here is my current hacking:
I have developped myself a small "addon" to swapon/swapoff program,
named _swaplabel_, which display the list of device, uuid and name of
all the partitions. It was really easy, this code is old but so damn cool !
Here is the question :
1) Is this possible to enhance linux-utils in order to do the job ?
2) What's the better way to correct this :
2.1) a new program as my "swaplabel" ?
2.2) a new option to swapon ? (there is already a "-l" in it,
but it does not display the label)
2.3) a patch to the "-l" option ?
2.4) a patch to add a colum "label" in /proc/partitions ?
2.5) an other way I didn't think of ?
thanks for your help,
kind regards,
--
Michel Loiseleur
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