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Re: A "Where am I" routine

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On 07/06/2018 07:15 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 06:25:43AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I multi-boot several configurations &/or releases of Debian.
>> I will run identical test scripts on each.
>> I want to store the results in a common logging file.
>>
>> I can set up an appropriate environment with a custom fstab containing:
>>>
>>>   # create a common area
>>>   LABEL=owlcommon /home/richard/Documents/tst_common vfat user,rw,umask=000 0 0
>>>   # a dummy mount labeled to show which instance
>>>   LABEL=dummy /home/richard/Documents/where/sda14 ext4 user,ro 0 0
>>>
>>>
>> The first statement gives me a directory usable by all.
>> The second tells me where I am by using:
>>     ls /home/richard/Documents/where
>> in any test script.
> 
> OK, a directory existing/ named per your location. Sounds reasonable.
> My default would normally be to create a config file "per host/ per
> test env" containing one or more env vars (which specify what I need
> to know about that host/ test-env, which I would "source" in bash
> scripts which do things depending on the test environment.

I think I follow your logic. But I could not implement it. What man 
pages should I read? What term(s) should I use in a WEB search to get an 
overview?

As I've only one machine, I'm never conscious of it having a host name.
When I do a new install the same string is generally used for both the 
host name and the partition label - generally a reminder of current purpose.

E.G.
hostname returns "debian-jan13" -- when installed was key information
Partition label is "new-net-inst" -- I didn't install from DVD.
The partition is /dev/sda14 .
Desired information dependent on topic-du-jour.


> 
> But a shared/ mounted directory sounds fine too - that's also a place
> where you can store logs etc.
> 
> Happy testing,
> 
> 
> 

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A "Where am I" routine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-06 13:30 +0200
  Re: A "Where am I" routine Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-06 14:20 +0200
    Re: A "Where am I" routine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-06 16:10 +0200
      Re: A "Where am I" routine David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-07-07 04:40 +0200
      Re: A "Where am I" routine Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-07 05:40 +0200
  Re: A "Where am I" routine Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2018-07-07 04:40 +0200
  Re: A "Where am I" routine David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-10 20:50 +0200
    Re: A "Where am I" routine john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-07-10 21:10 +0200
    Re: A "Where am I" routine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-10 22:30 +0200

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