Mounting an external volume before backup

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Originally Posted by chabig

I wrote a small Applescript to mount the backup volume

Does anyone have some sample code for this they'd like to share?

I have only seen code that makes Unix calls, referencing partitions using "disk0s10" and such. These descriptors aren't stable from boot to boot. They could work for years for one person, but fail on the first reboot for someone else. (This also comes up in moving swapfiles.)

Thanks,
Dave