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fastfwd
Sep 02, 2013Virtuoso
Flash Auto Copy
Pro Pioneer running OS 4.2.24. In Frontview:Volumes:USB Storage, there's an option to automatically copy the contents of a connected USB Flash device to a share. Unfortunately, the automatic copy fu...
chirpa
Sep 02, 2013Luminary
Will the connection be on a regular interval? To schedule a backup job and have it run periodically when the drive would be there?
If not, there are ways to add scripts to perform a custom job when connecting the drive. I don't have a ReadyNAS handy to check the paths, but should be somewhere around /etc/hotplug.d/usbstorage.d/ directory. If scripts are in there, they would run on connection. There are variables to trigger path and volume name and such. I used this setup to make encrypted volumes back in the day with auto key management. I'll try and dig up those old scripts if possible.
If not, there are ways to add scripts to perform a custom job when connecting the drive. I don't have a ReadyNAS handy to check the paths, but should be somewhere around /etc/hotplug.d/usbstorage.d/ directory. If scripts are in there, they would run on connection. There are variables to trigger path and volume name and such. I used this setup to make encrypted volumes back in the day with auto key management. I'll try and dig up those old scripts if possible.
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