Command line tool to manage removable volumes using HAL
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= halrv(1) = == NAME == halrv - Command line removable volumes manager using HAL == SYNOPSIS == halrv [operation [device]] == DESCRIPTION == halrv is a simple command line tool to manage removable volumes using HAL. It aims to be the command line equivalent of many GUI programs that display a list of removable drives in your computer, allow you to mount them by clicking on their icon and, later, unmount and eject them (also called "safe removal"). With halrv, you can list removable volumes, mount a specific device, and eject a specific device. It does not depend on any GUI libraries. If present, the first argument to the program must be a known operation name. Typing the full name is not needed, however, as long as the argument provides a unique operation prefix. For example, the "mount" operation is the only one startin with "m", so typing that single character is enough. == OPERATIONS == === help, --help, -h, -? === This operation will make the program print a brief list of every available operation with its corresponding description. === version, --version === This operation will make the program print its version number. === ls or no operation === When halrv is invoked with no operation, it does the same as if the operation was "ls". This operation prints a table of removable devices present in your system, with their corresponding filesystem labels, UUIDs and mount point if currently mounted. === mount === The "mount" operation needs an additional argument which must be a device name, as listed by the "ls" operation. The program will ask HAL to mount the device in a mount point by label if possible, or by device name if no filesystem label is present. === umount === The program will ask HAL to unmount the device provided as an additional argument, like in the "mount" operation. === eject === Identical to the umount operation but, in addition, the program will ask HAL to eject the device, in order to be able to "safely remove it". Usually, you want to perform this operation instead of only unmounting the device. == CONFIGURATION FILE == halrv uses the configuration file $HOME/.halrv.conf. It will be created the first time you run the program and populated with sane defaults. The configuration file allows you to specify mount options per filesystem and per volume. Most people will be fine without ever editing its contents. You can edit the file with any text editor. It is divided in sections. Each section lets you specify mount options for a given type of filesystem or for a specific volume identified by its UUID. When mounting a volume, halrv will try to see if its UUID matches any section in the configuration file, and will use those options. If no section matches the UUID, it will try to use options from a section that matches the filesystem type. If none is found, it will indicate no specific mount options to HAL. Sections have a section name in brackets followed by _keyword: value_ pairs, one for each line, below. You can specify mount options for a specific volume using its UUID as listed with the "ls" operation. You only need to create a section named _uuid:VOLUME UUID_. You can specify mount options for a specific type of filesystem by creating a section named _fs:FILESYSTEM TYPE_, where the filesystem type can be vfat, ntfs-3g or some other. Below the section name you can (actually, you must) write an entry with the keyword "mount_options" and a list of comma separated mount options to be used, like in /etc/fstab. Example: ------------------- [fs:vfat] mount_options: uid=1000 [uuid:4026-23C0] mount_options: uid=1000,shortname=winnt ------------------- == AUTHOR == Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez: http://rg3.name/
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