Finder Command-K vs. mount_webdav.

mkdir -p /path/to/your/mount/point # mount command needs mount point dir to already exist
mount -t webdav http://10.0.1.4:8080 /path/to/your/mount/point

umount /path/to/your/mount/point

open http://10.0.1.4:8080

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://10.0.1.4:8080" '

mkdir -p /path/to/your/mount/point # mount command needs mount point dir to already exist

mount -t webdav http://10.0.1.4:8080 /path/to/your/mount/point
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One last question: how can I pass the IP part of the mount volume command as a parameter to the shell script. I would think something like

#!/bin/bash
osascript -e ' mount volume "http://$1:8080" '

but I'm having a hard time sorting out the interaction of the single and double quotes in order to get the substitution to take place.

#!/bin/bash
osascript -e " mount volume "http://$1:8080" "

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://'$1':8080" '

#!/usr/bin/env bash
WEBDAV="http://$1:8080"
MNT="/volumes/$1"
#
# Is there already something at /Volumes/$1
#
if [[ -e "$MNT" ]]
then
 if [[ $(/usr/bin/stat -f "%d" "$MNT") != $(/usr/bin/stat -f "%d" "$MNT/..") ]]
 then
 echo "Something is mounted on $MNT"
 exit 1
 else
 echo "$MNT is a directory that may interfere with mounting $WEBDAV"
 exit 1
 fi
fi
#
# no volume is already mounted, and there is no dangling directory in /Volume
#
# Mount the webdav
#
osascript -e " mount volume "$WEBDAV" "

Bob,

I'm trying your method as I believe it would let me mount a Webdav with a name of my choosing. I can't get it to work though.

In Finder if I connect to server, enter the WebDav servers IP address and port number it connects fine, and I see the connected server on my desktop.

When I run through what you show for a terminal Webdav connection it doesn't work.

Any tips?

I've done some testing. The 'open' will not work. However, the osascript does.

Which one are you interested in?

As as for name, are you talking about the username to login with?

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://username@webdav.address:portnum" '

-OR-

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://username:password@webdav.address:portnum" '

However, I do not advise storing a password in a script.

Bob, glad you replied. Here's what I'm trying to do.

I can connect to the webdav via the osascript. I also don't like putting usernames and passwords in flat files, seems that keychains works for that anyway.

What I'm trying to do is this. We have a Synology Diskstation at work, many of us connect to it's Shared [network] Folders via Webdav. When we're in the office we like to connect directly on the LAN for improved connectivity. When remote we use an external address.

I've created this little script which tests to see if the Synology is local and if so connects to it directly on the LAN, if it's not found then it connects from the external IP address.

#!/bin/bash

echo

echo "about to ping LOCAL"

/sbin/ping -c 1 -t 5 LOCALIP

/sbin/ping -c 1 -t 5 LOCALIP &>/dev/null

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

echo

echo "About to mount to LOCAL Webdav..."

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://LOCALIP:WEBDAVPORT" '

else

echo "About to mount to ETERNAL Webdav..."

osascript -e ' mount volume "http://EXTERNALIP:WEBDAVPORT" '

fi

For all practical purposes this works great. The one drawback is that when connected locally the mounted webdav has the name LOCALIP, and when connected from outside of the office the webdav mounted drive has the name EXTERNALIP (it's actually the IP address like say 192.168.0.55). I'd so love it if I could connect locally or remotely and regardless of where I'm connecting from have the same webdav name. Say maybe WEBDAV as the connected file name.

I've tried to accomplish this by mkdir a folder in the Volumes directoy and try using the mount_webdav command but I flat out couldn't get it to work.

Really appreciate any help.