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Re: Unique Identifier for Disk

Is there a unique identifier for a disk that is not the startup disk and that would persist over restarts so that an AppleScript script referring to the disk would work as expected even if the name of the disk changes?

Yes, via unique UNIX identifier from which one can then obtain the User editable Volume Name.

'df | grep '/dev/'| awk '{print $1}'' - via 'Terminal', or
do shell script ("df | grep '/dev/' | awk '{print $1}'") - via AppleScript's 'Script Editor' will display the UNIX low level assignment of each mounted Volume.

Replacing '$1' with '$6' will instead display the User's editable Name of the mounted Volume(s).

do shell script ("df | grep '/dev/' | awk '{print $1, $6}'") - displays both the UNIX low level assignment and User editable Name for each mounted Volume, per Line.

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SJWL
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