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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:44:03 -0700
From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
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Subject: Re: volume label in prompt?
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On 26/10/12 06:44 AM, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Ray Andrews wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> I'm now running three machines here, each with several copies of 
>> various linii available.  It gets a bit confusing.  I'm wondering if 
>> there might be something I can add to my prompt that could help me 
>> remind myself where I'm at.  I'm open to any suggestions, but one 
>> idea I had was something to identify the volume label of the current 
>> root directory.  That would do it if it can be done. Can it?
>
> Other people have offered some alternatives, but if you really want 
> the volume label of the current root directory:
>
> volume_label=$(eval "$(blkid -o export $(mount | awk '$3 == "/" { 
> print $1 }'))" ; printf "%s" $LABEL)
>
> `blkid` is a Linux thing, AFAIK.
>
Cool, thanks all.