[launchd-dev] Launch shell script when volume is mounted

[Jerry Krinock]

On 2011 Apr 18, at 12:32, Matt Calthrop wrote:

> I want to run a shell script whenever a volume is mounted – and the
> shell script needs to somehow know what the name of the volume is that
> has just been mounted.
> 
> I know it can be done (HardwareGrowler does it), but I just haven't
> found out how yet.

Read:

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/launchd.plist.5.html

You will find:

StartOnMount <boolean>
This optional key causes the job to be started every time a filesystem is mounted.

And if that doesn't work for some reason, maybe try and "watch" /Volumes using this:

WatchPaths <array of strings>
This optional key causes the job to be started if any one of the listed paths are modified.