Scripting file copy with notification upon completion
#!/bin/bashwhile read -r -p "Enter a folder name: " namedo [[ -z $name ]] && break # quit if user presses enter without input mkdir -p "$name" cp source "$name" # use your current copy method # Notifications: choose one or all six or add your own notify-send "Copy complete" "Folder: $name" zenity --title="Copy complete" --text="Copying to folder $name is complete" --info& dialog --title "Copy complete" --msgbox "\nCopying to folder\n$name\nis complete\n" 10 60 for i in {1..4} do printf '\a' # make some noise sleep 1 done echo "Copying to folder: $name is complete" | mail -S "Copy completion notification" keyslinger@example.com printf 'Copy to folder %s is complete.\n' "$name"done
Thanks, Dennis, it worked a charm! Just for reference, here's what I ended up using:
#!/bin/bashwhile read -r -p "Enter a folder name: " namedo [[ -z $name ]] && break # quit if user presses enter without input cd /media/Iomega_HDD mkdir -p "$name" cdname=`volname` cdname=${cdname%% *} #trim white space from variable holding cd name cdname=${cdname#* } cp -r /media/"$cdname"/. "$name" # Notifications: notify-send "Copy complete" "Folder: $name" printf 'Copy to folder %s is complete.\n' "$name" ejectdone