NAME

amount - auto mount

SYNOPSIS

amount [OPTIONS] sdb1         (mount /dev/sdb1)
amount [OPTIONS] /dev/sdb1    (the same)

DESCRIPTION

amount allows to easily mount and unmount devices.

When user mounts a device, a new subshell is started. The device is unmounted when the subshell is closed. User can check which device is bound to the current subshell using AMOUNT_DEVICE environmental variable.

EXAMPLE

$ amount sdb1
* /dev/sdb1 mounted
$ echo $AMOUNT_DEVICE
/dev/sdb1
$ pwd
/media/sdb1
$ exit
* Unmounting /dev/sdb1...
* /dev/sdb1 unmounted
$ echo $AMOUNT_DEVICE

$

OPTIONS

• -h

  show help

• -n

  do not change directory

• -c

  after mounting the volume run the specified command instead of the shell and then unmount the volume

INSTALLATION

Just copy amount file to your PATH (for example /usr/local/bin).

DEPENDENCIES

pmount, bash

CONFIGURATION

amount will use the device label as the mountpoint name if the label is present. You can use it get consistent/persistent paths.

AUTHOR

Wojciech 'vifon' Siewierski < wojciech dot siewierski at gmail dot com >

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Wojciech Siewierski

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.