Re: Mount Volume using SMB works in 10.2.8....since when?
Re: Mount Volume using SMB works in 10.2.8....since when?
- Subject: Re: Mount Volume using SMB works in 10.2.8....since when?
- From: Jake Pietrykowski <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:16:16 -0600
FWIW...I've been using mount volume since OS X 10.2.
a good history reference: ( Applescript 1.9.0)
http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/applescript/applescript190.html
jp
On 3/23/05 9:01 AM, "Timothy K. Wilkinson" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I've got a little AppleScript application we use here for mounting home
> spaces on our NetApp server. That server only supports SMB connections.
> So, when the app runs it checks what OS version is running and fires off the
> appropriate script using the command "system attribute "sysv"" to determine
> the OS version.
>
> If the machine is running 10.3.0 or later it uses "mount volume".
>
> If the machine is running 10.2.x or earlier it uses "open location".
>
> I noticed that the "sysv" version on my 10.2.8 machine had changed to a
> higher number. So, I changed it in the script to reflect that so it would
> use the appropriate command. Suddenly it wouldn't work in 10.2.8! After
> about a half day of troubleshooting I figured out that in the version of
> 10.2.8 I'm running the "open location" command doesn't work for mounting SMB
> volumes anymore and the "mount volume" command suddenly does!
>
> I actually prefer using "mount volume" so it's not an unwelcome change but
> it certainly caught me by surprise.
>
> When did this change take place? Anyone know? And where can I find
> documentation about such changes so I don't waste half a day doing this
> again?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Tim Wilkinson
> Lab Manager
> ITC-ACHS
> University of Virginia
> email@hidden
>
>
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