How do I give a 'mount' a name?

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#1

Hi everyone,

Firstly Im new to Applescript, but not new to forums. I have searched the forum for what I am looking for and cannot find anything.

I have this script on startup:

tell application “Finder”
activate
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-1”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-2”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-3”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-4”
end tell

Once that runs, it creates the mounts on the Desktop as follows;

DISK-1
DISK-2
DISK-3
DISK-4

Is there anyway I can tell the script to call a mount a different name without change the share name, something like this:

tell application “Finder”
activate
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-1” name “Albums”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-2” name “Software”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-3” name “Pictures”
mount volume “smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@192.168.0.2/disk-4” name “Personal”
end tell

That doesnt work, I tried, does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks in advance.

Juan

Model: Dual 2Ghz Power Mac G5
AppleScript: 1.9.3
Browser: Firefox 1.5.0.1
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.3.9)

#2

I don’t think that mount can do that, but what about making a link to the drive after it is mounted? Something like:

ln -s /Volumes/mount_1/ ~/photos

would make an alias named “photos” in your home directory.

Andy

Browser: Firefox 1.5.0.1
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)

#3

You could try using do shell script to run mount_smbfs. Type man mount_smbfs in the Terminal for details.