Short script for UNIX users to automatically connect to a remote file system via the sshfs program. Needs to be configured with the address of the server (line 4), your preferred mount point (line 5), a directory you can guarantee will be present IFF the file system is mounted (line 10), and the path to your home directory on the remote server (…

sshfs-mount.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Script to mount or unmount a remote filesystem via sshfs

SERVERNAME="user@host.name"
MOUNTPOINT="$HOME/cs-home"
if [[ ! -d "$MOUNTPOINT" ]]; then
    mkdir $MOUNTPOINT
fi

if [[ -d "$MOUNTPOINT/Private" ]]; then
    if [[ $PWD =~ /home/ianknight/cs-home.* ]]; then
        echo "Cannot unmount while still inside cs-home..."
        exit 1
    else
        fusermount -u $MOUNTPOINT
        echo "Unmounted $SERVERNAME from $MOUNTPOINT."
        exit 0
    fi
else
    sshfs -o idmap=user "$SERVERNAME:/your/home/dir" "$MOUNTPOINT"
    echo "Mounted $SERVERNAME at $MOUNTPOINT."
    exit 0
fi

Converted from Python to BASH, since it makes much more sense.