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PPC
I tested the GUI mounter script that currently comes with antiX and found it was “hard” to use, specially if you are a newbie, so I created a new one. For now, it only mounts the selected partition, does not yet unmount.
Usage: run the script and double click in the partition you want to mount. If asked to, enter your root password. The partition will pop open in the default File Manager.
Note: if you mount a partition using this script, you’ll have to unmount it with “sudo umount [mount_point]”
This is only a proof of concept, and I probably will only put more work into it if there’s any interest in using this in antiX…
P.
#!/bin/bash # GUI to mount any drive/partition #Get list of partitions /sbin/blkid > /tmp/partition_list # Use a Yad window to select partition to mount EXEC=$(yad --title="Xmounter" --width=800 --height=400 --center --separator=" " --list --column=" Drives/partitions:" --button="Mount" < /tmp/partition_list) #keep only the first word and remove the ":" it includes selection=$(echo $EXEC | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) #Do something only if user made a selection: if [ -n "$selection" ]; then #make sure mount point exits (with the same name as the partition) in the home folder mount_point_name="${selection:5}" echo $mount_point_name cd $HOME mkdir -p -- "$mount_point_name" #mount the selected partiton to the mount point folder and wait bit ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xmounter" sudo mount $selection ~/$mount_point_name sleep 0.5 #display the mounted partition in the default file manager: desktop-defaults-run -fm ~/$mount_point_name #close the if fiEdit: I corrected the “blkid” command, so it still works, even if the script is not launched from the terminal (i.e- you can launch the script from a File Manager or from a .desktop file: menu/icon/etc)
- This topic was modified 4 months, 3 weeks ago by PPC.
Brian Masinick
While I am not certain I would personally have much use for the tool, I want to thank you once again for your efforts and skills.
I do hope that others express interest; if not I simply appreciate all that you do.
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Brian Masinick
oops
While I am not certain I would personally have much use for the tool, I want to thank you once again for your efforts and skills.
I do hope that others express interest; if not I simply appreciate all that you do.
+1 … It is a good idea.
anticapitalista
OK, but what is wrong with disk-manager?
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
oops
OK, but what is wrong with disk-manager?
Nothing, I use disk-manager , but it is an (light) alternative.
- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by oops.
OK, but what is wrong with disk-manager?
Nothing. I’m glad you showed some interest in this thread: I created this script as a possible replacement for mountbox.sh (adapted by you). I found that script too complex for a regular user – if the user does not already know, by heart the device he/she intends to mount- that script does have a button that shows a list of all available partitions, but does not allow the user to select any partition from that list… The user has to write down the partition name and then enter it in the “Device” field- that’s not very user friendly. Mountbox also requires the user to enter a mount point. Finnally, Mountbox does not open the mounted partition in the default file manager, but always opens it in rox-filer.
My proposed solution mounts any partition with a double click (and, if required, entering the password in a gksu window).Edit: also, disk-manager was not preinstalled in my antiX 19 – I had to install it in order to test it. My proposed script is far simpler, and is about 2kb.
If you want me to, I can make a draft script for unmounting partitions too, with the same interface. Ideally, there should be one script – with a “mount” and an “unmount” button.P.
- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by PPC.
Dear anticapitalista and all:
I pieced together a second version of script that now starts with a simple window asking if the user wishes to mount or unmount a partition and acts acordingly- it’s still a very early version of the script- Probably it would be safer to create mount points in /mnt, instead of in /home to avoid accidental delection of data?
Since usually users want to mount partitions, pressing enter in the initial selection window does launch the Xmounter script.- I hate the fact that the script has 2 windows, but probably it makes it simpler to use, avoiding user confusion, specially if they are not too confortable around partitions- this way they get 2 independts lists: one for the mounted partitions, another for the unmounted ones- no “check boxes” to confuse them, but yes, they do get 2 windows instead of a single one… I’m open to suggestions, if this script is to ever be adopted for general usage under antiX… As is, the script seems usable to me (it needs a nice icon, but I did not spend time searching for one).EDIT: I envision that this script would mostly be used, in antiX Full, by people that want to access NTFS partitions, on dual boot computers… The script is tiny- less than 3kb (and almost 50% of that are comments)
EDIT2: I can envision an improvement to the script: if the list of partitions to be mounted/unmounted has only a single line, then automatically mount/unmount that partition (reducing the amount of clicks the user has to perform to a single one + entering the root password, if needed).
The updated script (I renamed it “Xmount”):
#!/bin/bash # GUI to mount/unmount any drive/partition, by PPC, GPL license mounter(){ # Start Mount partitions function # Get list of partitions /sbin/blkid > /tmp/partition_list && sleep 0.1 # Use a Yad window to select partition to mount EXEC=$(yad --title="Xmount" --width=800 --height=400 --center --separator=" " --list --column=" Drives/partitions:" --button="Mount" < /tmp/partition_list) #keep only the first word and remove the ":" it includes selection=$(echo $EXEC | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) #Do something only if user made a selection: if [ -n "$selection" ]; then #make sure mount point exits (with the same name as the partition) in the home folder mount_point_name="${selection:5}" echo $mount_point_name cd $HOME mkdir -p -- "$mount_point_name" sleep 5 ######### #mount the selected partiton to the mount point folder and wait bit ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xmount" sudo mount $selection ~/$mount_point_name sleep 0.5 #display the mounted partition in the default file manager: desktop-defaults-run -fm ~/$mount_point_name #close the if fi } # end of Mount partitions function unmounter(){ #UnMount partitions function #Get list of mounted partitions, (show lines with dev), remove lines with tmpfs and devpts and with noatime (this last one should be the home?) and remove tree character : findmnt | grep \/dev\/ | grep -v -w tmpfs | grep -v -w devpts | grep -v -w rw,noatime | sed 's/└─//g' | sed 's/├─//g' | sed 's/│ //g' > /tmp/partition_list && sleep 0.1 #check if the lis of mounted partitions is empty (it does not allow users to unmount the main partition) #if [ -s /tmp/partition_list ];then if [ <code>cat /tmp/partition_list | wc -l</code> -ge "1" ]; then # Use a Yad window to select partition to unmount EXEC=$(yad --title="Xmount" --width=800 --height=400 --center --separator=" " --list --column=" Drives/partitions:" --button="Unmount" < /tmp/partition_list) #keep only the first word and remove the ":" it includes selection=$(echo $EXEC | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) #Do something only if user made a selection: if [ -n "$selection" ]; then #unmount mount point: mount_point_name="${selection:1}" ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xunmounter" sudo umount /$mount_point_name sleep 0.5 yad --center --title="Xmount" --text="\n $mount_point_name was unmounted! " --button="ok" --timeout=5 --timeout-indicator=bottom #close the if from the Selection fi #if the check for the contents of the file list don't retune any line, display warning and exit: else yad --center --title="Xmount" --text="No unmountable partitions were found!" --button="ok" --timeout=5 --timeout-indicator=bottom exit fi } # end of UnMount partitions function #Main selection window- the user selects what to do: mount or unmount partition yad --center --title="Xmount" --text="\n Do you want to mount or unmount partitions? " --button="Mount":2 --button="UnMount":1 foo=$? [[ $foo -eq 1 ]] && unmounter [[ $foo -eq 2 ]] && mounter- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by PPC.
- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by PPC.
- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by PPC.
OK, for now, my last attempt at creating a fully usable script:
Changes:
– if only one partition is mounted (other than the system one, that is ignored by the script- so so I hope), it’s automatically unmounted
– I removed the sleep command, that was added when debuging the script
– I added an icon to all yad windows, making them look more “polished”.
– I made the mount/unmount windows a bit more explicit and easier to understand.As is, unless a bug is found, the script seems to be almost production ready… anyone interested, please do test it and report back any “bugs”- it’s a work in progress!!!
The code:
#!/bin/bash # GUI to mount/unmount any drive/partition, by PPC, GPL license mounter(){ # Start Mount partitions function # Get list of partitions /sbin/blkid > /tmp/partition_list && sleep 0.1 # Use a Yad window to select partition to mount EXEC=$(yad --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --width=800 --height=400 --center --separator=" " --list --column=" Double click the Drive/Partition you want to mount (access):" --button="Mount" < /tmp/partition_list) #keep only the first word and remove the ":" it includes selection=$(echo $EXEC | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) #Do something only if user made a selection: if [ -n "$selection" ]; then #make sure mount point exits (with the same name as the partition) in the hoem folder mount_point_name="${selection:5}" echo $mount_point_name cd $HOME mkdir -p -- "$mount_point_name" #mount the selected partiton to the mount point folder and wait bit ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xmount" sudo mount $selection ~/$mount_point_name sleep 0.5 #display the mounted partition in the default file manager: desktop-defaults-run -fm ~/$mount_point_name #close the if fi } # end of Mount partitions function unmounter(){ #UnMount partitions function #Get list of mounted partitions, (show lines with dev), remove lines with tmpfs and devpts and with noatime (this last one should be the home?) and remove tree character : findmnt | grep \/dev\/ | grep -v -w tmpfs | grep -v -w devpts | grep -v -w rw,noatime | sed 's/└─//g' | sed 's/├─//g' | sed 's/│ //g' > /tmp/partition_list && sleep 0.1 #If there's only 1 mounted partition (other than the OS one), simply unmount it and exit if [ <code>cat /tmp/partition_list | wc -l</code> -eq "1" ]; then selection=$(cat /tmp/partition_list | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) mount_point_name="${selection:1}" ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xunmounter" #unmount sudo umount /$mount_point_name && yad --center --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --text="\n $mount_point_name was unmounted! " --button="ok" --timeout=5 --timeout-indicator=bottom exit fi #check if the lis of mounted partitions is empty (it does not allow users to unmount the main partition) #if [ -s /tmp/partition_list ];then if [ <code>cat /tmp/partition_list | wc -l</code> -gt "1" ]; then # Use a Yad window to select partition to unmount EXEC=$(yad --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --width=800 --height=400 --center --separator=" " --list --column=" Double click the Drive/partition you want to unmount:" --button="Unmount" < /tmp/partition_list) #keep only the first word and remove the ":" it includes selection=$(echo $EXEC | awk '{print $1;}'| tr -d :) #Do something only if user made a selection: if [ -n "$selection" ]; then #unmount mount point: mount_point_name="${selection:1}" ##ask for elevatead privileges in a pretty way: gksu "Xunmounter" sudo umount /$mount_point_name && yad --center --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --text="\n $mount_point_name was unmounted! " --button="ok" --timeout=5 --timeout-indicator=bottom #close the if from the Selection fi #if the check for the contents of the file list don't retune any line, display warning and exit: else yad --center --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --text="No unmountable partitions were found!" --button="ok" --timeout=5 --timeout-indicator=bottom exit fi } # end of UnMount partitions function #Main selection window- the user selects what to do: mount or unmount partition yad --center --window-icon="drive-harddisk" --title="Xmount" --text="\n Do you want to mount (access) or unmount (eject) a Drive/Partition? " --button="Mount":2 --button="UnMount":1 foo=$? [[ $foo -eq 1 ]] && unmounter [[ $foo -eq 2 ]] && mounter- This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by PPC.
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