sub check_mount {
  my $x = shift;
  my $mount_file  = '/etc/mtab';
  my $mount_point = 'fpfiles';
  open FILE,"<$mount_file" or die "I cant open $mount_file\n$!\n";
  my @lines = <FILE>;
  close FILE;
  foreach(@lines) {
    print $_."\n";
    if($_ =~ /$mount_point/gi) {
      #if we find its mounted return, with good news if we were able to mount it
      if($x > 1) {
        print "The file system was not mounted, but the good news is I was able to mount it for you!! YAY me!!\n";
      }   
      return 1;
    }   
    #else its not
    else {
      if($x == 2) {
        die("There is some kind of weird problem. fpfiles from MHI isnt mounted, and I cant seem to mount it.\nPlease come fix it now!!\n");
      }   
      #try to mount it
      my @args = ("mount", "-a");
      system(@args) == 0 or die "system @args failed: $?";
      $x++;
      check_mount($x);
    }   
  }
}


=> perl reboot_vmware.pl
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0

There is some kind of weird problem. fpfiles from MHI isnt mounted, and I cant seem to mount it.
Please come fix it now!!