waitnetmnt

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

Main features

• 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

Configurations

• 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.

Suggested use

The script can be used via crontab.

Tested environment

The script has been successfully tested on the following environments:

• Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian Stretch distro.