From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Frank van Maarseveen Subject: Re: mdadm - comments on command layout Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:56:44 +0200 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040814095644.GA25051@janus> References: <16669.9163.392465.637229@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16669.9163.392465.637229@gargle.gargle.HOWL> To: John Stoffel Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:25:47PM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: > ideally I could do either: > > > mdadm assemble md0 /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 ... > > or > > > mdadm > madam> assemble md0 /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 ... > Both should have an identical command/argument syntax. The "shell" mode would allow for context sensitive argument completion and help (can mostly be done in bash as well but that's a bit clumsy). This might be useful for tools which aren't used on daily basis. On the other hand you have to figure it out anyway and better prepare the cookbooks/scripts to handle drive failure in advance. -- Frank