[ILUG] How to mount a directory?

[ageerts at agc-it.com]

Hi Mr Gay Leard,

I would recommend making a little script in your rc. that would do the
following

1. Ping alfred once
2. Check Reply yes / No
3. YES > mount alfred:/common /common
4. NO > END

Good luck,




On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:59:47 +0100, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net>
wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 July 2009 15:55:14 Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
>> How can I
>> 	mount alfred:/common /common
>> automatically when I login on my laptop
>> if and only if alfred is "visible"?
>>
>> If I just add it to /etc/fstab
>> there is an inordinate delay if alfred cannot be seen.
> 
> Apologies for asking this 3 times.
> I just acquired a new Thinkpad T43 (possibly the best laptop ever),
> and KMail told me my mail had not been sent,
> because I had not entered my email address in the KMail Settings.
> Evidently it kept the mail somewhere safe
> and sent it out once I had entered my address.