How to mount a network directory using python?

Question

I need to mount a directory "dir" on a network machine "data" using python on a linux machine

I know that I can send the command via command line:

mkdir ~/mnt/data_dir
mount -t data:/dir/ ~/mnt/data_dir

but how would I send those commands from a python script?

Answer 1

I'd recommend you use subprocess.checkcall.

from subprocess import *

#most simply
check_call( 'mkdir ~/mnt/data_dir', shell=True )
check_call( 'mount -t whatever data:/dir/ ~/mnt/data_dir', shell=True )


#more securely
from os.path import expanduser
check_call( [ 'mkdir', expanduser( '~/mnt/data_dir' ) ] )
check_call( [ 'mount', '-t', 'whatever', 'data:/dir/', expanduser( '~/mnt/data_dir' ) ] )