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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Loop folders, delete files, copy new ones Post 302488794 by simusphere on Tuesday 18th of January 2011 11:48:07 AM
Old 01-18-2011
Are these sansa devices physically labeled in a unique way? Is the data files on each one different? Just trying to understand the problem at hand. If the data is the same on each device then it should be a simple solution. If it is unique data on each device then you will need to create a unique identifying file (perhaps a hidden dot file) that would uniquely identify the device. I would use the ${username} with a number on the end.

.${username}01
.${username}02
.${username}03
.${username}04
etc...

The script would need to determine the source and destination directory for each device found in /media.

Code:
 
cd /media
for usbdevice in *
do
  ...
done

I don't have time to work on it right now but maybe some of the other gurus on here can hash it out for you.
 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS

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