From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F5sad-0001Ve-SO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:42:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k15Men11023902; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:40:49 GMT Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k15MVkQP013140 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:31:46 GMT Received: from mail-in-06-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-06-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.18]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F17B1109CFF for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:32:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.43]) by mail-in-06-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F3914FFD0 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:32:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from arcor.de (p5082D3DF.dip.t-dialin.net [80.130.211.223]) (Authenticated sender: maximilian.gass@arcor.de) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFCC1401B4 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:32:05 +0100 (CET) Received: by arcor.de (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1000 maximilian.gass@arcor.de; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:35:29 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:35:28 +0100 From: Maximilian Gass To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting when a USB device is attached Message-ID: <20060205223528.GA10590@kaoskiste> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 492c2ccb-ff19-4235-a51e-5aef65033647 X-Archives-Hash: 6251ce12570808d82119a69a4eca7555 On 17:09 Sun 05 Feb , James Colby wrote: > List members - > > I was wondering if anybody knew of a package or a method that I could > use to detect when a USB mass storage device is attached to my PC. > What I would like to be able to do is to write a small script that > would mount my USB mass storage device, sync up a directory, and then > unmount the device everytime I plug my USB drive into the computer. > > I know this isn't exactly a gentoo question, but my PC is running > gentoo linux so I thought that I would try to ask here. > > Thanks for any suggestion that you might have. > > Warm Regards, > James > There are at least two tools: ivman (@sourceforge) and usb-mount (try google). (Sorry for the short answer, it's bit late in Germany) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list