execute script after (auto)mounting external device
Patrick Drechsler
patrick at pdrechsler.de
Mon Dec 7 19:01:59 UTC 2009
Tom H wrote:
> I have written rules without "ACTION=="add"". AFAIK "ACTION=="add"" is
> to add a device so unless the falsh drive is not auto-detected through
> the default udev rules, the OP should not need to prepend
> "ACTION=="add"" to his script running rule.
>
ACTION=="add" (as opposed to ACTION=="remove") means that the action is
only performed while adding the device. If no action is specified, the
action will be performed while adding _and_ while removing the device.
From http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html:
===============
You can also use the ACTION environment variable to detect whether the
device is being connected or disconnected - ACTION will be either "add"
or "remove" respectively.
===============
With all the help I received here I managed to run a script after
plugging in my usb drive. So I'm halfway there. I just have to figure
out how to detect if the encrypted partition is mounted. Currently I'm
looking into mounttruecrypt
(https://launchpad.net/~andreas-boettger/+archive/ppa).
Thanks, Patrick
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