OS X (Apple)

Hi:

I'm not really a programmer, but I've created a small logout hook script to copy some specific directories to a server volume when a user logs out (10.6.4). These is a laptop user, so I'm looking find:

1) the command to check if the volume (including path to directory?) is available.

2) the command to stop end the script if the volume/path is not available, but continue with my cp commands if the volume/path is present.

3) do logout hooks run only after all user-launched applications have fully quit? If not, what would be the command(s) to make sure all the apps quit before the script continues? Naturally, I want to be sure the copy commands run only if all the user's apps have quit so there are no open documents.

I've already created an Automator script to do what I want, but can't locate the info on how to make it run during the logout process. I'm more of a GUI person, so if someone knows how to do this, that would be a good answer for me.


Thanks!

A simple Bash script should do the trick, something like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -d /Volumes/myVolume ]]; then
    cp path/to/my/file path/to/volume
fi

Something like iHook should let you set it to run at log out.
Use something like TextMate, whatever you use, make sure it outputs as plain text. Save it as something like my_copy_script.sh

If you need a help with the commands, call back here with the paths to the files/folders you want to copy and where you want them copied to and we can get you a script that does exatly what you want