Editing Using Mount Command With Mac OS

[[Category:Mac OS]]
== Applications ==

This is a more convenient and reliable way to [[Sharing_Git_Branches_on_Different_Workstations|access shared drives with Git]]. 

== Commands ==

=== Mount a remote share ===

For a Windows share, use the `-t smbfs` option.

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$ mount -t smbfs //user:password@server/share_name path/to/mount
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Note that a share cannot be mounted twice. If it's already mounted somewhere the mount command will result in an error to the effect of `mount error: path/to/mount: File exists` See the `df` command below to troubleshoot these situations.

=== Unmount ===

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$ umount path/to/mount
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=== View all the current mounts ===

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$ df
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