waitnetmnt

Bash script for automatic mount of a network disk when connection are available.

Check if the disk is already mounted
Check if the path where the mount will be mounted exists
Check that the server (where the disk is exposed, i.e. via samba protocol) is available

DRIVE_TO_MOUNT: This variable is an array that must contains the name(s) of the exposed "network drive(s)" that we desire to mount.
DRIVE_IP_ADDRESS: This variable is an array that must contains the IP address of the exposed "network drive(s)" that we desire to mount.
PATH_WHERE_MOUNT: This variable is an array that must contains the "absolute mount path(s)" that we desire to mount.
MOUNT_TYPE: This variable is an array that must define the "mount type" that will be used in the -t option of mount command.
MOUNT_OPTIONS: This variable is an array that must define the "mount options" that will be used in the -o option of mount command.
MAX_ATTEMPS: This variable is an integer value that define the maximum number of ping attempts the script will make before considering as "unavailable" IP address.
SLEEP_SECOND: This variable is an integer value that define the number of seconds that the script waits between a ping attempt and another.

The script can be used via crontab.

The script has been successfully tested on the following environments:

bigno/waitnetmnt