This little bashscripts start / stops my VM, mounts / unmounts a samba folder, starts my editor and ssh into the VM. Mac OS X.

webdev.sh

#/bin/bash
SAMBAUSERNAME="stig"
SERVERNAME="172.16.155.x"
PASSWORD="sambapassword"
MOUNTPATH="/Volumes/$SAMBAUSERNAME"
VMFUSION="/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmrun"
VMPATH="/Users/stig/Documents/CentOS/CentOS.vmx"
EDITOR="/Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 7.0.app"

start_vm() {	
	PID=`"$VMFUSION" list | grep "$VMPATH"`
	if [ -z $PID ]; then
		echo "Starting Virual Machine $VMPATH"
		"$VMFUSION" -T fusion start "$VMPATH" nogui
		echo 'Waiting for the server to wake up ..'
		ping -s 1 -c 1 $SERVERNAME
	fi
}

stop_vm() {
	PID=`"$VMFUSION" list | grep "$VMPATH"`
	if [ $PID > 0 ]; then
		echo "Suspending the virtual machine"
		"$VMFUSION" -T fusion suspend "$VMPATH" nogui
	fi
}

mount_samba() {
	if [ ! -d "$MOUNTPATH/" ]; then
		echo "Creating mount folder "
		mkdir $MOUNTPATH
		chmod 777 $MOUNTPATH
	fi
	
	MOUNTED=`df -T smbfs | grep $SAMBAUSERNAME@$SERVERNAME`
	if [ -z "$MOUNTED" ]; then
		echo "Mounting samba share at $MOUNTPATH"
		mount_smbfs //$SAMBAUSERNAME:$PASSWORD@$SERVERNAME/$SAMBAUSERNAME $MOUNTPATH/
	fi
}

unmount_samba() {
	echo "Checking if folder is mounted"
	MOUNTED=`df -T smbfs | grep $SAMBAUSERNAME@$SERVERNAME`
	if [ "$MOUNTED" ]; then
		echo "Unmounting the samba share"
		umount $MOUNTPATH/
	fi
}

start_editor() {
	EDITORPID=$(ps aux | grep "$EDITOR" | grep -v grep)
	if [ -z "$EDITORPID" ]; then
		echo "Opening editor"
		open "$EDITOR"
	fi
}

start_ssh() {
	echo "Opening ssh session"
	ssh $SAMBAUSERNAME@$SERVERNAME
}

case $1 in
	start)
		start_vm
		mount_samba
		start_editor
		start_ssh
	exit 1
	;;
	stop)
		unmount_samba
		stop_vm
	exit 1
	;;
	*)
	Echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
	exit 1
	;;
esac