(1) On both 32- and 64-bit, using rox-icewm, inserting a USB thumb drive generates an error message:
The media still mounts, and can be accessed from SpaceFM.

I don't believe this error happened in Beta releases. It doesn't happen when using space-icewm.

(2) On both 32- and 64-bit the external device widget on the panel gives unreliable results, often indicating the drive is being written to when that isn't the case. It is necessary to unmount the drive first, which limits the widgets usefulness.

I also saw this in Beta releases.

Chris

What filetype is the USB formatted to?

Chris

Does your usb drive have a label with a space in it? Check /media in rox to see if it's mounted (I bet it is)

The various commands to open the file managers in automount-antix need changed so that the %d is quoted so the file names expand when they have spaces. I'm traveling at the moment and do not have net access on my pc. It's the OPTION_USB and OPTION_OPTICAL lines with exec commands that need the xhange.

I think the usb unmounter tool has the same issue.

anticapitalista wrote:What filetype is the USB formatted to?

FAT32

dolphin_oracle wrote:Chris

Does your usb drive have a label with a space in it? Check /media in rox to see if it's mounted (I bet it is)

It does have a space in it. I altered a spare one to have no space, and mounting/unmounting then works as expected on ROX.

It was already mounting. (I did say so in my original post.)

Chris

d_o you mean these 2 lines to look like this in /usr/local/bin/automount-antix

OPTION_USB='--exec-on-drive"desktop-defaults-run -fm"%d""'

OPTION_OPTICAL='--exec-on-disc"desktop-defaults-run -fm"%d""'

Those are the right lines. I've been messing with it this morning and I can't quite get it to work but I've always had problems with passing quotes.

I'be got to start driving again so I'll be offline. I might get home.tonight early enough to mess with it if you don't get it first.

fix sent to anti for mount points with spaces. thanks chris!

Should hit the repo soon

possible fix for the unplugdrive toolbar thingy are winging their way to anti for testing.

anticapitalista wrote:Should hit the repo soon

This morning's updates fixed the USB 'spaces in filename when using ROX' problem.

Chris

BTW, I looked up a few references that may be helpful for those wanting to learn more about quoted strings, and also about considerably different default behaviors of various"sh"-based shells over the past 30 years:

1. Quoting Variables - The Linux Documentation Project
Quoting Variables. When referencing a ... This prevents reinterpretation of all special characters within the quoted string ... Within a script, though, ...

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2. String Operations in Shell
String Operations in Shell - Softpanorama
String Operations in Shell. News. ... juxtaposition and using double quoted strings. ... and you may be surprised at how many Bourne and C shell scripts there are ...

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3. UNIX SHELL Quote Tutorial

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This third tutorial may be the easiest to understand, but it should be applicable, even though it hails from"UNIX", rather than"Linux" roots. __{{emoticon}}__