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authorChristian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>2023-11-17 18:41:08 +0100
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2023-11-17 20:37:29 +0100
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Cygwin: Document /dev/disk/by-* subdirectories
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
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@@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ class expressions, and collating symbols in the search pattern, i.e.,
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-Introduce /dev/disk directory with subdirectories by-id and by-partuuid.
-The by-id directory provides symlinks for each disk and its partitions:
+Introduce /dev/disk directory with various by-* subdirectories which
+provide symlinks to disk and partition raw devices:
<screen>
- BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N]
- </screen>
-The by-partuuid directory provides symlinks for each MBR and GPT disk
-partition:
- <screen>
- MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN
- GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN
+ by-drive/DRIVE_LETTER -> ../../sdXN
+ by-label/VOLUME_LABEL -> ../../sdXN
+ by-id/BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N]
+ by-partuuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN
+ by-partuuid/GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN
+ by-uuid/VOLUME_SERIAL -> ../../sdXN
+ by-voluuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN
+ by-voluuid/VOLUME_GUID -> ../../sdXN
</screen>
+The subdirectories by-drive and by-voluuid are Cygwin specific.
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