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I am using Truecrypt to secure my data and am obliged to use Dropbox for some file sharing. I've set up my Dropbox folder on the Truecrypt mount.



When I log in Dropbox throws an error, because the Dropbox folder doesn't exist yet. I then have to mount the folder and restart Dropbox.



Is there any way that I can script the following:




  • start Truecrypt, prompting to mount favorite volumes

    • cannot set a time for this as it's based on user input (I have to enter my admin password and Truecrypt password, and I must admit that sometimes I get distracted and make coffee while doing this)


  • only when volume is mounted, start Dropbox

  • options to do this automatically (on login) and manually


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I had to do something quite similar. Here is what I ended up doing:




  • remove Dropbox auto start feature of course

  • have Ubuntu auto start the following script:



    #!/bin/bash
    
#First let's check DB isn't running, you never know
    
test "`dropbox status | awk '{print $2}'`" == "isn't" || exit;
    
#mount private
    
truecrypt --mount #you may optionally indicate which container you wish to mount
    
#wait for truecrypt
    
while test ! -d /media/truecrypt1/Dropbox
    
do
    
    sleep 1
    
done;
    
#start DB
    
dropbox start


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