email when configured media folders are inaccessible?

[gurutech]

Any idea if it would be possible to have SS send an email to an email address (configurable) if the configured media folders are not accessible?

I run into an occasional issue where my Linux box cannot access the folders on my Windows box (where I store my media) and this usually means the IRPStackSize on the Windows machine is set too low, and requires a reboot. I can do the reboot remotely, but if I don't know about it, my Subsonic stream could be down for several hours at a time. I'd like to be alerted in some way so I can reboot my Windows box quickly.

[hakko]

I guess this is pretty unlikely to get implemented as a feature. If Subsonic can't access your folders, shouldn't it be possible to set up a simple script that polls your folders every now and then and sends an email if they're not available?

[jonnymnemo]

I guess a simple script in cron, with a smbtree (and a sendmail) command included should be working.
I'm not good at scripting, but I'm searching for an answer...

EDIT :
Better idea (because smbtree seems to always ask for root password, even in root):
you can use this command :

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ls /media | grep networkfolder

It will show only your networkfolder if available

Another way :

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if [ -d /media/networkfolder ]; then echo 'good'; else echo 'wrong'; fi

this will show 'good' if the directory exists, and 'wrong' if it doesn't

FINAL EDIT :

Finally a working command :

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if [ -d /media/networkfolder/musicfolder ]; then  echo 'good';  else  df -h | mail yourmailadress@xxx.com -s "network error";  fi

It will send you a mail (which will contain the disks usage) if your music folder inside your network share is unavailable.
Don't point to the root folder (it still exists even if the network share is off).

If you want to do this script every hour, just add it (in root) to cron.

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crontab -e

And you add this line :

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01 * * * * if [ -d /media/networkfolder/musicfolder ]; then  echo 'good';  else  df -h | mail yourmailadress@xxx.com -s "network error";  fi

It will execute the command every hour.

If you want to do it every 30 minutes, change it to :

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*/30 * * * * if [ -d /media/networkfolder/musicfolder ]; then  echo 'good';  else  df -h | mail yourmailadress@xxx.com -s "network error";  fi

You will need to have a working mail command, but there are a lot of tutorials for that !