Hi Matthias, On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:05:28PM +0200, Matthias Koenig wrote: > is already in use (thats why we need 1. first, > because we need a full path for unique comparison). For unique comparison, you could use the device:inode pair (lo_device, lo_inode) of active loop devices and compare them with those of the device or file to be mounted. Max - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html