Is there a way to execute a specific script or open a file with a particular program when inserting a USB stick on Ubuntu like the autorun.inf
file in Windows ? If not, is there another way ?
EDIT:
According to the answer I got I have created a file in the USB root folder named autorun
with the above contents:
#!/bin/sh
xdg-open myText.txt
I have also created a file named autorun.inf
with the above contents:
[autorun]
icon=icon.ico
The autorun.inf
file specifies the USB icon.
From the above autorun files only the autorun.inf
seems to work. The autorun
script file, when executed it displays the above message.
Am I doing something wrong or there are some more parameters to be configured in order to run the script ?
P.S: The files myText.txt and icon.ico are placed in the USB root folder.
Moreover, the autorun
and autorun.inf
file mode bits have been set to 755, using :
cd /path/to/usbFolder
chmod 755 autorun
chmod 755 autorun.inf
Best Answer
Open
System Settings
>Details
>Removable Media
and setSoftware
toRun Software
Your USB Stick must be formatted with a native Linux filesystem like EXT4.
Create a shell script with the name
autorun
(orautorun.sh
, doesn't matter) on your USB Stick and make it executable withchmod 755 autorun
.Next time you insert your USB Stick, Ubuntu will notify you about the autorun and ask if you would like to execute this.
To automatically open a document you can use
xdg-open
This will open
myDocument.odt
with the default application for this mime-type. So it will work the same with all other files, too.To have a custom icon for your USB Stick you can create a
autorun.inf
file with following contentand place your icon as
icon.png
on the Stick.autorun.inf
on Ubuntu support this commands (take a look at autorun.inf on Wikipedia):