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Visnu
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 93
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:14 am Post subject: Mounting/Unmounting Script. |
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Hola, this is my first submission for something that may be halfway useful to the Linux community, it's also my first script (well, real one anyways). Please enjoy, also I would appreciate comments/improvement ideas. I mainly made it for my own personal use, but figured maybe someone could use it. 
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#!/bin/bash
# Mounting/Unmounting Menu Script
# Created by Nathan Nill
#
# Change the 'hdb=/mnt/cdrom' and/or 'hdc="/mnt/dvd' to the correct paths.
# Enjoy
#
# P.S. I know it's not commented well/at all, this is my first script. =o)
clear
hdb=/mnt/cdrom
hdc=/mnt/dvd
cdmount ()
{
clear
echo "Now mounting $hdb..."
mount $hdb
echo ""
echo "Mounting of $hdb finished, press any key to continue."
read key
case $key in
*) menu
;;
esac
}
dvdmount ()
{
clear
echo "Now mounting $hdc..."
mount $hdc
echo ""
echo "Mounting of $hdc finished, press any key to continue."
read key
case $key in
*) menu
;;
esac
}
cdunmount ()
{
clear
echo "Now unmounting $hdb..."
umount $hdb
echo ""
echo "Finished unmounting $hdb, press any key to contiue."
read key
case $key in
*) menu
;;
esac
}
dvdunmount ()
{
clear
echo "Now unmounting $hdc..."
umount $hdc
echo ""
echo "Finished unmounting $hdc, press any key to continue."
read key
case $key in
*) menu
;;
esac
}
menu ()
{
clear
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo " Mounting/Unmounting Script v1.0 "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-- 1. Mount $hdb "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-- 2. Mount $hdc "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-- 3. Unmount $hdb "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-- 4. Unmount $hdc "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-- 5. Exit "
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo "-----------------------------------"
echo ""
echo "Enter your choice."
read choice
case $choice in
1) cdmount
;;
2) dvdmount
;;
3) cdunmount
;;
4) dvdunmount
;;
*) exit
;;
esac
}
menu
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Just chmod +x whatever name you save it to, I use the name mnt, and then run it.
Enjoy! |
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delta407
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
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Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 5:03 am Post subject: |
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Why not just `mount /mnt/cdrom` and be done with it?
BTW, if you still want a menu to do something like this (which I, personally, don't understand) try using `dialog`. It'll look more pretty.
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GurliGebis
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Wouldn't supermount be better for this?
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Visnu
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| delta407 wrote: | Why not just `mount /mnt/cdrom` and be done with it?
BTW, if you still want a menu to do something like this (which I, personally, don't understand) try using `dialog`. It'll look more pretty. |
Dunno, I just find that a bit more convinient, I keep the script open on my desktop, it's less characters to type, I guess. I wasn't going for "pretty", I was focusing on usability, besides, if I wanted pretty I could just make a Dock applet for Fluxbox (WM of choice =o).
Is Supermount is the automounter? I've used other distros that had automounting built in, and I much prefer to manually mount than automatically. Personal preference I imagine.
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choco
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Joined: 10 Jun 2003
Posts: 49
Location: Jackson, MI
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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If you're concerned about keystrokes, a way to take this even further is to assign the mount and umount commands to keyboard shortcuts. Of course, to use the shortcuts as a normal user, you need to sudo the commands. While you're at it, you could assign a keyboard shortcut to the command 'xmms -u' to pause and resume xmms while you're doing something else.
Edit: But each device would need its own pair of mount and umount commands, so this would get confusing with a lot of devices.
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