Re: Time Machine's volume uuid -- what does it match against?
Re: Time Machine's volume uuid -- what does it match against?
- Subject: Re: Time Machine's volume uuid -- what does it match against?
- From: michael watson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:43:17 -0700
On 21 Jul, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Stan Sieler <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Re:
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>> On Jul 20, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Michael Watson <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> there's no publicly supported way to get a list of all the volume UUIDs (or device IDs) for backup disks, whether connected or not, whether configured to be the current machine's backup disk or not.
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> Hmmm…that sounds like interesting information to obtain! :)
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> I’d use it in a tool that analyzes the user’s backup position/vulnerability.
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> Stan
you're *always* encouraged to file enhancement requests, but it's worth noting that there are reasons (some of which are fairly esoteric) that the raw volume UUID list tracked by each destination isn't something that is appropriate for most non-TM software to use. there may be better solutions that can be exposed for a particular set of needs, so if you do file a bug make sure you include a detailed use case so the Time Machine team can think about the request in the right way.
--
michael (formerly time machine and still cares about your backups)
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