My system has to auto-mount USB devices; how can I be notified when a USB device is plugged in? Where can I read more about this subject?
I would like to handle this problem via C or a shell script.
- 1And what about specifically "user space" options? I want my own shell script to run A) when a drive becomes available (e.g. auto-mount) and B) when a drive is about to become unavailable (e.g. "unmount" via gvfs or a gui file manager.user29020– user290202014-04-16 14:31:34 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 14:31
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Udev support running external programs
KERNEL=="sdb", RUN+="/usr/bin/my_program" 
- Tip: You can use github.com/mgorny/sw-notify-send for that external program.lkraav– lkraav2011-05-19 16:18:31 +00:00Commented May 19, 2011 at 16:18
- 3@lkraav: FWIW, You should be able to edit this answer...Shog9– Shog92011-05-19 19:08:49 +00:00Commented May 19, 2011 at 19:08
- 1Don't udev RUN commands run as root? Is there a way to set up a script to run from an unprivileged user space? Thanks.user29020– user290202014-04-16 14:32:53 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 14:32