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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How to pass a password to `mount`?
From:       "Mark A. Taff" <marktaff () comcast ! net>
Date:       2005-02-20 5:04:57
Message-ID: 200502192105.01307.marktaff () comcast ! net
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On Saturday 19 February 2005 20:41, Brad Hards wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:32 pm, Mark A. Taff wrote:
> > Thanks Brad.  It does work on the command line.  Now to get it working
> > from perl.
>
> Why perl? Just a shell script:
> #! /bin/sh
> kdialog --password "enter the password" | mount /dev/loop0 -p 0
>
> Brad


You're right, the command itself is easy (now that I know it ;-) ), but I know 
perl a _lot_ better than than I know bash scripting. 

I also like to take extra time when I do something like this for myself to add 
some extra options to the script, such as help, a string table for easy 
translation, ability to use it for other devices, etc.  I know I can do all 
that in bash, but it is far easier for me to do it in perl.

Redirection is something that generally gives me headaches.  Thanks for your 
help.  If anyone is interested, the finished script should be up on kde-apps 
soon.

-- 
Mark A. Taff

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