Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Files.Mount

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Files.Mount

Mounts a network share.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Files	5.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

MBS( "Files.Mount"; URL { ; Dest; Username; Password; Interactive; Prompt } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

URL The URL for the network resource.

Dest The destination path to mount to. If you leave this empty, the system decides. On Mac this can be the path to a folder where to mount new disk inside, e.g. to make a private mount. "" Optional

Username The user name. If none is provided, system can take credentials from keychain. "test" Optional

Password The password to use. "test" Optional

Interactive Default is 0 for no dialogs. But you can pass 1 to have a dialog show up. 1 Optional

Prompt Pass 1 on Windows to show dialog always to enter password. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
URL	The URL for the network resource.
Dest	The destination path to mount to. If you leave this empty, the system decides. On Mac this can be the path to a folder where to mount new disk inside, e.g. to make a private mount.	""	Optional
Username	The user name. If none is provided, system can take credentials from keychain.	"test"	Optional
Password	The password to use.	"test"	Optional
Interactive	Default is 0 for no dialogs. But you can pass 1 to have a dialog show up.	1	Optional
Prompt	Pass 1 on Windows to show dialog always to enter password.	0	Optional

Result

Returns path or error.

Description

Mounts a network share.
Use on Server may require extra work as server runs with a different user account than you being logged in on the server machine. Permissions don't always allow things to be done.

When used on Linux the parameters are a little bit different:
Please pass source (URL), target (Dest), type (Username) and data (Password).
The dest path may need to be created first as new folder.

Examples

Mount Ablage1 on Mac:

MBS("Files.Mount"; "afp://Ablage1.local"; ""; ""; "")

Mount Ablage1 on Mac with password:

MBS("Files.Mount"; "afp://Ablage1.local"; ""; "root"; "xxx")

Mount something on Windows:

MBS("Files.Mount"; "\\\\myServer\\public"; "X:"; ""; "")

Mount Ablage 2 on Windows:

MBS( "Files.Mount"; "\\\\Ablage2.local\\Ablage2"; "H:" )
# password already known to Windows

Mount Ablage 2 on Windows with password:

MBS( "Files.Mount"; "\\\\Ablage2.local\\Ablage2"; "H:"; "root"; "xxx" )

Unmount drive:

MBS("Files.Unmount"; "H:")

Mounts AFP volume with space in name:

MBS( "Files.Mount"; "afp://192.168.168.250/Customer%20Data" )

Mount on Linux:

MBS( "Files.Mount"; "//192.168.101.100/sales"; "/mnt/test"; "cifs"; "username=shareuser,password=sharepassword,domain=nixcraft")

Mount SMB share from Windows Server 2012:

MBS("Files.Mount"; "\\192.168.0.242\ERP"; ""; "SRV2012\bob"; "test")

# please note the SRV2012\ prefix for the user name for this Windows server.

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Release notes

Version 8.3
- Added Files.MountPath function.

Created 10th May 2015, last changed 16th May 2017

Files.ModificationDate - Files.MountPath

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