I want to make a script that automatically backs up my kindle files when I connect it to my macbook pro. Writing the script is well within my ability, but I don’t know what’s the best way to run a script on mount automatically.
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I want to make a script that automatically backs up my kindle files when I connect it to my macbook pro. Writing the script is well within my ability, but I don’t know what’s the best way to run a script on mount automatically.
You could either use AppleScript and attach a folder action to the
/Volumesdirectory, or you could write a Launch Agent that watches that path.For the latter, you can refer to Tutorial: Backups with Launchd on MacResearch. The gist of it is that you create a plist configuration file to be interpreted by
launchd; thenlaunchdwill execute your script when the specified path has changed.