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canadaduane/mount_ext3_volume.sh

Created January 4, 2013 03:24
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Mounts an external drive via SSHFS+OSXFuse, using a Linux Virtual Machine to read/write to an Ext3 filesystem.
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mount_ext3_volume.sh
UBUNTU_IP=172.16.232.100
GUEST_DIR=/media/duane
MOUNTPOINT=/tmp/archive
if [ ! -d "$MOUNTPOINT" ]; then
echo "Mount point $MOUNTPOINT does not exist, creating..."
mkdir -p $MOUNTPOINT
fi
FIRSTDIR=`ls -1 $MOUNTPOINT`
if [ "$FIRSTDIR" = "" ]; then
echo "Mounting via sshfs..."
sshfs root@$UBUNTU_IP:$GUEST_DIR $MOUNTPOINT -o daemon_timeout=500
fi
echo "Opening mount point in finder..."
open $MOUNTPOINT/`ls -1 $MOUNTPOINT`
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See http://makerhome.ca/getting-readwrite-access-to-an-ext3-filesyste for context.

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