first version of the mounting script. (needs colour + optimization + shortcut)

.editorconfig

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+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+# Matches multiple files with brace expansion notation
+[*.{sh,py,yml}]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2

bash/mounts.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# check whether we're running as sudo
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# declare variables
+MY_SERVER_LOCATION="//192.168.1.3"
+MOUNT_PREFIX="/mnt"
+USERNAME="mastermindzh"
+
+# check whether array contains a key
+containsElement() {
+  local e match="$1"
+  shift
+  for e; do [[ "$e" == "$match" ]] && return 0; done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# trickery to add objects into bash array
+# all associative arrays are named NAME{X} where {X} is a number
+declare -A MOUNTS0=(
+  [server]="$MY_SERVER_LOCATION"
+  [share]='Rick'
+  [mount]='rick'
+)
+declare -A MOUNTS1=(
+  [server]="$MY_SERVER_LOCATION"
+  [share]='Series'
+  [mount]='series'
+)
+declare -A MOUNTS2=(
+  [server]="$MY_SERVER_LOCATION"
+  [share]='Movies'
+  [mount]='movies'
+)
+declare -A MOUNTS3=(
+  [server]="$MY_SERVER_LOCATION"
+  [share]='appdata'
+  [mount]='appdata'
+)
+
+# declare array with "objects"
+declare -n MOUNTS
+
+# Show mountpoints and ask user which ones to mount
+COUNTER=1
+echo "Enter a list of numbers to mount (default = all):"
+for MOUNTS in ${!MOUNTS@}; do
+  echo "$COUNTER. $MY_SERVER_LOCATION/${MOUNTS[share]} => $MOUNT_PREFIX/${MOUNTS[mount]}"
+  ((COUNTER++))
+done
+
+# unset and redeclare
+unset -n MOUNTS && declare -n MOUNTS
+
+# read user input and add to array of shares to mount
+read USER_INPUT
+SHARES_TO_MOUNT=()
+MOUNT_ALL=false
+for number in $USER_INPUT; do
+  SHARES_TO_MOUNT+=("$number")
+done
+
+# if input is empty -> mount all
+if [ "${#SHARES_TO_MOUNT[@]}" == 0 ]; then
+  MOUNT_ALL=true
+fi
+
+# Run through mounts and execute mounting logic
+MOUNTCOUNTER=0
+for MOUNTS in ${!MOUNTS@}; do
+  ((MOUNTCOUNTER++))
+
+  if [ "$MOUNT_ALL" = true ] || containsElement "$MOUNTCOUNTER" "${SHARES_TO_MOUNT[@]}"; then
+    # creating directory
+    CURRENT_DIRECTORY="$MOUNT_PREFIX/${MOUNTS[mount]}"
+    if [ ! -d "$CURRENT_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+
+      echo -e "\nDirectory '$CURRENT_DIRECTORY' doesn't exist... \nCreating '$CURRENT_DIRECTORY'..."
+      mkdir -p "$CURRENT_DIRECTORY"
+      echo -e "Created '$CURRENT_DIRECTORY'...\n"
+    fi
+
+    # check if directories are mounted already
+    if grep -qs "$CURRENT_DIRECTORY " /proc/mounts; then
+      echo "$CURRENT_DIRECTORY already mounted"
+    else
+      # mounting
+      SERVER_LOCATION="$MY_SERVER_LOCATION/${MOUNTS[share]}"
+      MOUNT_LOCATION="$MOUNT_PREFIX/${MOUNTS[mount]}"
+
+      mount.cifs "$SERVER_LOCATION" "$MOUNT_LOCATION" -o user=mastermindzh,rw
+
+      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "Succesfully mounted $MOUNT_LOCATION"
+      else
+        echo "Failed mounting $SERVER_LOCATION on $MOUNT_LOCATION"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+done