Anyone know of a way to get something to start up when the computer goes idle for more than 5 minutes (or when the screensaver starts) and then exits cleanly when done or when a user returns, the screensaver turns off, or the computer is no longer idle? I can't find anything inside of the screensaver, power management, or startup programs.
I guess this might have something to do with init.d or runlevels? They are things of which i have a vague notion. If there is no GUI, please be gentle. I know how to use the terminal but I have never written (or used) a shell script.
Basically, I am interested in running an rsync backup to a network drive, which will require first mounting the drive, then making a copy to it, as described in this post.
i would also need to know if there is a way that all this can exit cleanly, like say finish the file it is currently writing before stopping rsync, and then unmount the network share before exiting.
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