Stuart Sears wrote: > On 11:58 Mon 01 Feb , Chris Dennis wrote: >> Hello folks >> >> What's the up-to-date way to run a script when a USB hard-drive is >> plugged in to a server running Debian 5.0 and a 2.6.26 kernel? >> >> Autofs/automount? udev? The technology seems to keep changing, and I >> don't know what's fashionable this year. >> >> At the moment I've got autofs mounting the drive when it's plugged in, >> but I'd also like to trigger the backup script. >> >> And this is for a server, so there's no desktop magic happening. > > I'd be tempted to use udev for that, with the RUN+= key kicking off a backup > script. >
OK, I'll try that. Thank you. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
