Auto mount USB drive from .X.d Not Working

[pek]

Good news.. It works this time..!! 
Thank you Rich and curaga.

It took about 2 or 3 seconds to get mounted as can be seen in below debug.txt

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+ sudo mkdir /tmp/theUSB
+ sync
+ drive=
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ /sbin/blkid -lt LABEL=theLABEL -o device
+ drive=
+ sleep 1
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ /sbin/blkid -lt LABEL=theLABEL -o device
+ drive=
+ sleep 1
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ /sbin/blkid -lt LABEL=theLABEL -o device
+ drive=
+ sleep 1
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ /sbin/blkid -lt LABEL=theLABEL -o device
+ drive=
+ sleep 1
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ /sbin/blkid -lt LABEL=theLABEL -o device
+ drive=/dev/sdb1
+ sleep 1
+ '[' -z /dev/sdb1 ']'
+ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/theUSB
However when I did "sleep 9" without the loop as above, it did not recognized.
Probably the USB drive needs to be probed a few times. Thus the loop "wakes" it up only in few seconds.

I'm not sure how how this works... But it does.
Thank you again guys...!! 

[pek]

Sorry.. my bad.
Actually "sleep 9" is also working.
I put it at the wrong line... That's why it did not work.

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sudo mkdir /tmp/theUSB
sudo mount -L theLABEL /tmp/theUSB
s l e e p 9
the correct one is

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sudo mkdir /tmp/theUSB
s l e e p 9
sudo mount -L theLABEL /tmp/theUSB
even so.. I prefer Rich's loop code. That way I don't need to guess how long the "sleep" should be.

All good.. Mistery solved.
Sorry for the hassles guys..
And best of all, I learn more new tricks... Thank you!! 

[Rich]

Hi pek

... I prefer Rich's loop code. That way I don't need to guess how long the "sleep" should be. ...

It's also faster since it waits only until the label becomes visible.

The  sleep  command also can handle decimal numbers.
If you want to reduce the wait time a little more, try  sleep 0.25

[pek]

The  sleep  command also can handle decimal numbers.
If you want to reduce the wait time a little more, try  sleep 0.25

Oh.. that's good to know. Thank you.