attaching script to disk to open a file on it when it is loaded

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#1

I am getting nowhere. Does anybody know if there is a script that would open a specific file inside a disk as soon as I mount it to the desktop?

If no script is available would anybody have a suggestion as to how to write it?

see, I know how to just open files inside a folder

tell application "Finder"
activate
select file "x" of disk "y"
open selection
end tell

But that does not do it.

thanks

#2

Hi,

launchd can do it. See this article

#3

Thanks sounds complex (for me), need to read it again.

Any other suggestions anybody?

#4

Stefan although probably a good solution I think this is a tick to difficult for me. Is there a simpler solution?

#5

Actually this is quite simple :wink:

#6

Hi ChangeAgent

A more graphical / user friendly way to do it, could be either:

Lingon:
Which is a GUI for launchd, which is sadly not been developed any more, but it still works just fine.
http://lingon.sourceforge.net/

or

Do Something When from Azarhi Software:
Which is something like launchd (maybe it uses it, I don’t know).
It hasn’t been updated in a long time, but I have successfully used it under 10.5.
http://www.azarhi.com/Projects/DSW/

#7

Morning Haze, thanks.
I had found this looking for a GUI and found this but was not sure if it worked under 10.6. Does it?

Does it work flawless under 10.6? Does anybody know?