[maemo-developers] Finding the mmc cards

[From: Markku Vire]

Hi,

MMC_MOUNTPOINT variable was present on 770 already and the device had
one (external) mmc slot only. N800 added a second memory card slot
(the internal one) and respective variable...

-Markku-

David Hazel wrote:
>> You can also use the environment variables MMC_MOUNTPOINT and
>> INTERNAL_MMC_MOUNTPOINT, but then you have to make sure that they are
>> always set correctly in your environment.  (I don't think using
>> environment variables for this kind of system information is a good
>> idea.)
> 
> Those environment variables seem oddly inconsistent to an ex-VMS man like
> me. Why not EXTERNAL_MMC_MOUNTPOINT and INTERNAL_MMC_MOUNTPOINT? Otherwise
> it's necessary to remember which one the unqualified MMC_MOUNTPOINT refers
> to (e.g. by remembering that the other one starts with INTERNAL rather than
> EXTERNAL - which itself is counter-intuitive, as I would expect the internal
> one to be the more "important" and therefore the unqualified one).