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: 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' ) ] )
    

