#!/bin/bash # udev script for mounting a block device # and processing the files it contains # To use it, place 10-usb-detect.rules # in /etc/udev/rules.d # Redirect stdout and stderr to log file LOGFILE=/var/log/usb-detect.log exec &>> $LOGFILE # Processing function (file name is passed as parameter) PROCESS_FUNC=cat echo "USB device detected at $DEVNAME" MOUNTPOINT=/mnt$DEVNAME echo "Mounting device at $MOUNTPOINT" mkdir -p $MOUNTPOINT mount $DEVNAME $MOUNTPOINT echo "Extracting data..." shopt -s nullglob found=0 for f in $MOUNTPOINT/*.[0-9] do found=1 echo "Processing $f..." $PROCESS_FUNC $f echo "Removing $f..." rm $f done shopt -u nullglob [ $found -eq 0 ] && echo "$MOUNTPOINT is empty" echo "Umounting..." umount $MOUNTPOINT echo "Removing $MOUNTPOINT..." rm -r $MOUNTPOINT if [ -z `ls -A /mnt/dev` ] then echo "Removing /mnt/dev/..." rmdir /mnt/dev else echo "Not removing /mnt/dev/ as other devices are mounted." fi echo "Done!"