My Mount Script Isn't Working, Why?
#! /Bin/Bash Mount | Grep 'Sda[1-5]' If [ $? = 0 ] Then Echo -E "Its Already Mounted! Type U to Unmount: \C" Read Word If [ $Word = "U" || $Word = "U" ] Then...
#!/bin/bash
mount | grep 'sda[1-5]'
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
echo -e "its already mounted ! type u to unmount :\c"
read word
if [ $word = "u" || $word = "U" ]
then
umount /home/shady/Desktop/mountpoint1
umount /home/shady/Desktop/mountpoint2
fi
fi
if [ $? = 1 ]
then
mount /dev/sda1 /home/shady/Desktop/mountpoint1
mount /dev/sda5 /home/shady/Desktop/mountpoint2
echo -e "all mounted !!"
fi
its not even entering the first if statement
2 Answers
This line was your main problem:
if [ $word = "u" || $word = "U" ]
I've corrected the conditional, and tidied the control structure below:
#!/bin/bash
mount | grep 'sda[1-5]'
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "Volumes are already mounted."
read -p "Please type 'u' to unmount:" word
if [ "$word" = "u" ] || [ "$word" = "U" ]
then
echo 'User wishes unmount. Attempt umount here.'
fi
else
echo 'Volumes unmounted. Attempt mount here.'
fi
See this bash operators page for examples.
There's couple of issues. One [ $? = 0 ] should be [ $? -eq 0 ] because $? returns number, but = is the comparison for strings ( text). Second, use [ $word = "u" ] || [ $word = "U" ] or use [ $word = "u" -o $word = "U" ]. Read more on these options in man test
However, I'd suggest a simpler solution: use udisksctl utility instead of media. It's simpler and does a lot of stuff automatically for you. In fact this is the back-end for Ubuntu's default file manager, Nautilus.
For instance, if I wanted to mount /dev/sda5
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb5
Mounted /dev/sdb5 at /media/xieerqi/0ca7543a-5463-4a07-8bbe-233a7b0bd625
Get info where is volume mounted:
$ udisksctl info -b /dev/sdb5 | awk '/MountPoints/'
MountPoints: /media/xieerqi/0ca7543a-5463-4a07-8bbe-233a7b0bd625
And here's unmounting
$ udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sdb5
Unmounted /dev/sdb5.
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