script on unmount

[Frode Egeland]

That would seem to repeatedly call rsync as long as the folder is there.
Probably not what you wanted.
Anyone have a better way? :)

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Jackson Cooper <mail at jacksonc.com> wrote:

> Sebastian,
>
> The way I'd do it is create a daemon with an infinite loop (I don't
> know much about udev though) that looks for the folder
> /media/nameofusbdongle, and if it exists execute the rsync line, then
> an umount line. Something like...
>
> <CODE>
> while true; do
>    if [[ -d /media/nameofdongle ]]; then
>        rsync -switches /media/nameofdongle /some/other/path
>        umount -switches /media/nameofdongle
>    else
>        sleep 1
>    fi
> done
> </CODE>
>
> Then to make it a daemon, you could use the start-stop-daemon program.
> Type "man start-stop-daemon" in the terminal to find out more.
>
> - Jackson
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Sebastian Spiess
> <sebastian.spiess at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi all,
> >  I want to sync some of my USB dongle folders when I plug it in. I think
> I worked that out: create a rule
> >  /etc/udev/rules.d/85-usbstick.rules and call the script to sync.
> >
> >  But how about when I want to unplug the thing? Then there is no
> usb/hotplug event. Would the simplest thing be a script
> >  with unmount/eject at the end?
> >  How could I call this script through the icon (unmount menu) on the
> desktop?
> >  How to make the eject/unmount wait until rsync is done?
> >
> >  by the way what's the difference between unmount and eject?
> >
> >  thanks Sebastian
> >
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