Connect to a directory on a NAS server

[straygrey]

Is there a way for me to connect to a directory on a NAS server running a windows share from PHP.

I can connect from the command line using mount, but I want the connect within my PHP script.

Can this be done & if so how?

[trq]

You don't connect to shares. Mount it, then access it. What exactly do you want to do with it from php?

[straygrey]

We need to check that todays  backup file exists & if not email responsible person.

[trq]

Just mount it via exec.

[gizmola]

This is the type of thing where it would probably just be better to do this in a bash script, if the idea is that you want to mount the shared drive, test for the existence of a file, email if it's not there, and then unmount it.

[straygrey]

That is exactly what I want to do, gizmola.

[gizmola]

Well there's mount and umount, which you should be able to test from the shell.  Add those to your script, and you can test for the existence of a file with:

 

#!/bin/bash
#mount share here
if [ ! -f /mountdir/backupfilename ]
then
    mail -s "Backup file missing" you@domain.com
fi
#umount here

 

That's about all there is to it.  Stick in a cron for this at the appropriate time, and you should be covered.

[straygrey]

Thank you.