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23 questions linked to/from How to run a script when a specific flash-drive is mounted?
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Running programs in the background from terminal
How do I run a program in the background of a shell, with the ability to close the shell while leaving the program running?
Lets say my UI is having problems or for some reason, I need to boot up a ...
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How to automatically archive a directory?
I want to do one way synchronization.
I am having Folder A on my computer which is constantly updated with content.
Another Folder B is used for backup purpose which is on external HDD.
Now what I ...
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Autorun a script after I plugged or unplugged a USB device
What can I do to run automatically a script after I mount/plugin or unmount/unplug a USB device?
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How do I run a script on a dbus signal?
Is it possible to run a script on an arbitrary dbus signal? Something like Upstart that runs as an unprivileged user and doesn't require root perms to modify?
I ask because I've already written a ...
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Automatically sync a folder to a USB when USB is plugged in?
Is there a way to sync a folder to an USB drive when the drive is plugged in? I'd like it to sync, or copy over changes, both ways. I've seen the Back In Time and Unison-GTK applications, but I'd like ...
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External Hard Drive sync
I was wondering whether there's a mechanism to sync two external hard drives, so that the files are updated both ways (and they end up containing the exact same information).
Ideally it could run ...
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Using duplicity directly, is it possible to have multiple backup plans?
If I understand correctly, duplicity is the command line tool for creating backups and can be used stand-alone (i.e. no DejaDup involved) for creating backups.
Is it possible to set up multiple ...
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Run script AFTER automounting usb hdd (udev, mount --bind) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run a script when a distinct flash-drive is mounted?
When plugging-in my USB HDD, it is mounted automatically, as expected.
After that event, I'd like to automatically ...
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Symbolic links lost after restart
I have been working on setting up some symbolic links so that I can easily access directories and files on another internal hard drive. When I create the links they work well, but every time that I ...
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Server: Automount USB drive with systemd
I have a server running Ubuntu Server 20.04 and I want to launch a script as soon as a known USB Encrypted (LUKS) device is plugged in into the server.
For launching the script, I already have the ...
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Is there a way to run a script every time I insert a usb modem?
I would like a shell script to execute each time I insert a USB modem.
How would I do this?
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`udevadm test` shows command should run on USB disk add, but it doesn't
I'd like to have a backup script execute when certain external USB drives get mounted. I'm trying to achieve this with udev.
What I've done so far:
Identified my USB drive using sudo udevadm info --...
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Run a script on detecting modem
My problem is I am not able to run script automaticlly when modem is connected.
I need a code to be run when my modem is detected. I am having a photon modem and I am using sakis3g script to connect ...
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What is the proper way to run script when mounting specific usb drive with mountpoint as argument?
I want to update some files on portable usb drive when it connects to my desktop with Ubuntu 18.04. I can do it with a script, but for this, a destination location (FS mountpoint) must be determined.
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Auto-run script when iPad plugged in
The way that Ubuntu handles documents on the iPad is awesome (without any configuration required). It beats windows, even with iTunes installed.
I want to have the documents in certain iPad apps ...