[clug] Help please with running a script on an event

Brenton Ross rossb at fwi.net.au
Tue Jan 15 07:16:56 UTC 2019


You may need to set up a udev rule.

Here is an intro; 
https://www.tecmint.com/udev-for-device-detection-management-in-linux/

Brenton

On Tue, 2019-01-15 at 14:32 +1100, jhock via linux wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have written a quick bash script to backup my smartphone using the 
> 
> `adb backup -all -apk -obb -shared -f $fileName`
> 
> command. I would like to automatically run this script on the event of
> connecting my smartphone. Can anyone tell me how to run a script or
> prompt me to run a script on the connection of a smartphone via cable?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> 
> John.
> 
> 
> 


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