[ILUG] How to mount a directory?

[Pete McEvoy]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:47:43AM +0200, ageerts at agc-it.com wrote:
> 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

Something like this perhaps:

http://mail.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2008-February/097035.html

Or another suggestion:

http://mail.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2007-December/096089.html

-- 
Pete

> 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.
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