Bash script to automate copying data from CDs.
Detects media insertion (via HAL, using polling *blegh*)
#!/bin/bash
# cdcopy.sh: copy a data CD to disk
# mark AT cognomen DOT co DOT uk
CDROM=$1 # CD-ROM device
MNTPNT=$2 # CD-ROM mount point
OF=/data/ # output directory
eject $CDROM
UDI=`hal-find-by-property --key block.device --string $CDROM | tail -n1`
while ((1)) ; do
if [ `hal-get-property --udi $UDI --key storage.removable.media_available` == 'true' ]
then
mount $CDROM
if ((! $?))
then
echo; echo "Copying the source CD to $OF."
cp -av $MNTPNT/* $OF || echo Copy failed
else
echo; echo "Failed to mount CD. Ejecting"
fi
eject $CDROM
fi
sleep 3
done