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Bash stub. Autocopy file to the USB inserted
#!/bin/bash
INITIAL_MOUNTPOINT=/media/0000-0001
PATH_TO_FILE=/tmp/TAMD_2014_Abstract_book.pdf
INTERVAL=5
DEVICE=/dev/sdc1
NEW_LABEL=TAMD-2014
while true; do
# it might be better though to use dd...
#dd if=${PATH_TO_IMAGE} of=${DEVICE} BS=1M
if [ -e ${DEVICE} ]; then
if [ -d ${INITIAL_MOUNTPOINT} ] ; then
MOUNTPOINT=${INITIAL_MOUNTPOINT}
else
MOUNTPOINT=/media/${NEW_LABEL}
fi
if [ -d ${MOUNTPOINT} ]; then
sudo fatlabel ${DEVICE} ${NEW_LABEL}
cp -v ${PATH_TO_FILE} ${MOUNTPOINT}
# sometimes the name get mangled. Damn the fat filesystem
if [ -e ${MOUNTPOINT}/TAMD_2~1.pdf ]; then
mv -v\
${MOUNTPOINT}/TAMD_2~1.pdf \
${MOUNTPOINT}/`basename ${PATH_TO_FILE}`
fi
sync
ls -R ${MOUNTPOINT}
md5sum ${MOUNTPOINT}/*
udiskie-umount ${DEVICE}
else
echo "Mountpoint ${MOUNTPOINT} was not found."
fi
else
echo "No device ${DEVICE} found."
fi
echo "Sleeping for ${INTERVAL} seconds. Press Ctrl-C to exit"
sleep ${INTERVAL}
done
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