Using Mount Command With Mac OS
Applications[edit]
This is a more convenient and reliable way to access shared drives with Git.
Commands[edit]
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For a Synology or Windows share:
$ mount_smbfs //user:password@server/share_name path/to/mount
path/to/mount must be a directory that already exists on the local file system.
Alternatively, use mount with the -t smbfs option.
$ mount -t smbfs //user:password@server/share_name path/to/mount
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[edit]
$ umount path/to/mount
View all the current mounts[edit]
$ df
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Use case[edit]
Disconnect from a remote share, then attempt to reconnect. Clicking the "Connect" button under the remote host in the Finder window has no effect.
Work around[edit]
From a Finder window Go > Connect to Server... ( ⌘+K ), enter smb://HostName (or use the IP address in place of the host name).
Notes[edit]
External links[edit]
- Thoughts on Software Development mount_smbfs: mount error..File exists, Mark Needham, Jan. 2011