Ubuntu user here. I am looking for a way to copy all flash drive and phone/tablet data to a specified folder whenever they are inserted. The python code below works great for flash drives but for some reason it will not work on my android phone or tablet. Additionally, I would like to only copy picture and video file extensions. My intention is to come home after a day of filming and plug in all my devices and have the pictures and video copy over. Thanks!
import subprocess
import time
import shutil
#--
target_folder = "/path/to/target_folder"
excluded = ["media_extern"]
#--
def get_mountedlist():
return [(item.split()[0].replace("├─", "").replace("└─", ""),
item[item.find("/"):]) for item in subprocess.check_output(
["/bin/bash", "-c", "lsblk"]).decode("utf-8").split("\n") if "/" in item]
def identify(disk):
command = "find /dev/disk -ls | grep /"+disk
output = subprocess.check_output(["/bin/bash", "-c", command]).decode("utf-8")
if "usb" in output:
return True
else:
return False
done = []
while True:
mounted = get_mountedlist()
new_paths = [dev for dev in get_mountedlist() if not dev in done and not dev[1] == "/"]
valid = [dev for dev in new_paths if (identify(dev[0]), dev[1].split("/")[-1] in excluded) == (True, False)]
for item in valid:
target = target_folder+"/"+item[1].split("/")[-1]
try:
shutil.rmtree(target)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
shutil.copytree(item[1], target)
done = mounted
time.sleep(4)here
