[Tutor] free loop device

[bob gailer]

Nathan McBride wrote:
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> Hey Guys,
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> I have a program that uses the loop devices.  However I originally was
> finding the free one with:
> 'losetup -f'.  Which returns the next free loop device. :D  However, I
> found that some of the other distros
> have a version of losetup that does not include that switch.  So I am
> trying to work up another way to get the
> next device.
>
> What I'm figuring is doing 'losetup -a', parsing the returned data, and
> incrementing it by one...
> However I don't know how to accomplish this.  An example 'losetup -a'
> would be like this:
>
> [root at localhost Desktop]# losetup -a
> /dev/loop0: [fd00]:11305639 (enc)
> /dev/loop1: [fd00]:11306533 (/home/nmcbride/Desktop/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.iso)
>
> Can anyone give me a hand?
>   

I for one have no idea how this relates to Python. If others do then 
they are likely to help you.

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Bob Gailer
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