On 11/10/2010 04:26 AM, Nick Urbanik wrote: > Dear Patrick, > > On 09/11/10 22:16 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On 11/09/2010 03:44 PM, Nick Urbanik wrote: >>> Dear Folks, >>> >>> I have written a Perl program to copy podcasts onto my iriver device >>> when it is plugged in. I want to be able to run it automatically. >>> Which system in Fedora 14 is the most appropriate place to run such a >>> script from? >>> >>> udev? /etc/modprobe.d/*? /sbin/hotplug is not there any more. >> >> Udev. Take a look at /etc/udev/rules.d/* > > Thank you for that. I am familiar with udev, and was under the > impression that it is mainly for creating devices and links to devices > that are predictable. > > If udev is the path I should tread for this, then I will do so. But > is that really the most appropriate place? I have an /etc/udev/scripts directory on my system that runs some small scripts when stuff is plugged in (called from the rules entry of course). I don't know if that's the canonical place but it works and I know I didn't invent it. If your script is liable to run for a long time (and it sounds like it might) you might want to consider splitting it in two, firstly a trigger which calls the main program asynchronously and returns immediately, and secondly the main program (which of course can live somewhere else) that does the actual copying. You'd also need to think about whether the main program is reentrant (can be run multiple times without finishing) but you'd need to consider that in any case. My knowledge of udev is hazy at best, so I don't know if this precaution is really necessary, but you can have fun programming it :-) poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
