#! /bin/bash

#   Script to format an external hard disk /dev/sdb into XFS format and then mount it to a directory /export

#   1. Check out the label for the hard disks using fdisk -l. Let the hard disk be $hd

	fdisk -l
	
	hd=/dev/sdb

# 	Format the hard disk forcefully into XFS format
	mkfs.xfs -f $hd
	
	mkdir /export
	chmod -R 777 /export
	mount -t xfs $hd /export
	
#	Mount the 1 TiB hardisk permanantlty 
	cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig
	cat $hd ' /export xfs rw 2 2' > /etc/fstab
#	The permanant mount of /dev/sdb to /export will take place only after a reboot