On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:32:45PM CEST, Pol Hallen <[email protected]> said: > Hi all :-) > > mount -t cifs //server/share /local -o [...] > > I do this mount via vpn (over internet), How I check if this mount point > is active? If there's a alive connection? > > Because (by cron) I run some scripts to do operations. > > PS: If internet connection goes down, this mount point will not be > alive. How I check it? > > thanks! > > Pol
the mountpoint command will tell you wether a specific directory is a mountpoint or not. I use it to check that an encrypted disk is mounted before starting programs which need data on this partition. if mountpoint -q $SECURE_MOUNTPOINT ;then exec $PROGRAM fi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
