This watches the changes when USB inserting event happens. To unify the USB media name, sudo edit /etc/fsab to insert /dev/usbkey /mnt/usb vfat ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 Within the content, mail-usbread.py should be additionally downloaded from my account.

onInsertUsb.sh

#!/bin/bash

# RPI USB stick backup script running on USB insert event
# by Pil Ho Kim, pilhokim@gmail.com

# Revision History
# January 2nd, 2014: Modified from the old USB link insert detection version

# Refereces
# USB stick insertion detection: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=41056 
# RPI on-bard LED control: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12530
# RPi Text to Speech: http://elinux.org/RPi_Text_to_Speech_(Speech_Synthesis)

# Prepare directory names

# Source USB directory. To unify the USB media name, sudo edit /etc/fsab to insert
# /dev/usbkey /mnt/usb        vfat    ro,noauto,user,exec                     0       0
sourceUSBDir="/mnt/usb"

# Record the USB copying process as the directory
watchUSBDir="/mnt/familylifelog/Media/RpiUSB"

# Backup USB contents through FTP 
sourceFTPIPAddress="ftp_ip_address"
sourceFTPUser="user_name"
sourceFTPPassword="user_password"

# Below should be different by a user. May later extend to support multiple users getting user info through the shell argument
backupHomeFTPDir="/Public/Documents/www/data/elog/people/elog_pilhokim/RpiUSB"

# This directory is the mount directory that matches with the above
backupHomeDir="/mnt/familylifelog/Documents/www/data/elog/people/elog_pilhokim/RpiUSB"

# Check date time
sourceUSBName=$sourceUSBDir
sourceUSBDate=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')

if [ -z "$sourceUSBName" ]; then
   echo "No new media is inserted."
   exit
fi

# Get directory names. These directories should be priori created.
sourceProgressUSBDir="$watchUSBDir/progress"
sourceCompletedUSBDir="$watchUSBDir/completed"
sourceFailedUSBDir="$watchUSBDir/failed"

# Check link existence
# progressCounter=$(dir -1 $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate | wc -l)
if [ -d "$sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate" ]; then
   echo "Copying is under progress."
   exit
fi

# completedCounter=$(dir -1 $sourceCompletedUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate | wc -l)
if [ -d "$sourceCompletedUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate" ]; then
   echo "This media is alread copied."
   exit
fi

# failedCounter=$(dir -1 $sourceFailedUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate | wc -l)
if [ -d "$sourceFailedUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate" ]; then
   echo "This media copy has alread failed"
   exit
fi

# Log the insertion event

# Check espeak installation
PACKAGESTATUS=`dpkg -s espeak | grep Status`;
if [[ $PACKAGESTATUS == S* ]]
   then
      echo "Package 'espeak' is installed."
   else
      echo "Package 'espeak' is NOT installed."
      echo "Installing package 'espeak'. Please wait..."
      apt-get -y install espeak
fi

# Notice via Speaker if attached
espeak -ven+f3 -k5 -s150 "A new USB drive is connected." 2> /dev/null
# Mark progress
mkdir $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate 2> /dev/null
mkdir $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate/$sourceUSBName 2> /dev/null

# Perform copy
# Check source data size
sourceSize=$(du -s $sourceUSBDir | sed -e 's/\s.*$//')
if [ $sourceSize -le 8192 ]; then
   echo "Mounting a new USB link $sourceUSBDir/$sourceUSBName has failed in initialization or it contains no data: $sourceSize"
   espeak -ven+f3 -k5 -s150 "The shared network link failes in initialization or it contains no data: $sourceSize" 2> /dev/null
   mv -f $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate $sourceFailedUSBDir/ 2> /dev/null
   logger Mounting a new USB link $sourceUSBDir/$sourceUSBName has failed in initialization or it contains no data: $sourceSize
   exit
fi

# Check the date
backupDir=$backupHomeDir/$sourceUSBDate
backupFTPDir=$backupHomeFTPDir/$sourceUSBDate

# Report the progress by email
reportStart="Start importing data $sourceSize to $backupDir"
python /home/pi/Documents/Software/rpiips/mail-usbread.py -m "$reportStart"  2> /dev/null

logger Start backing up USB data $sourceSize
echo "Start copying source data $sourceSize to $backupDir."
#   espeak -ven+f3 -k5 -s150 "Start reading source data: $sourceSize" 2> /dev/null
logger Start copying source data $sourceSize to $backupDir.

mkdir $backupDir 2> /dev/null
# cp -R -f $sourceSMBLink/* $backupDir 2> /dev/null
# cp -R -f $sourceSMBLink/* $backupDir 2> /dev/null
# rsync -ravcq $sourceSMBLink/* $backupDir 2> /dev/null


# Check espeak installation
PACKAGESTATUS=`dpkg -s ncftp | grep Status`;
if [[ $PACKAGESTATUS == S* ]]
   then
      echo "Package 'ncftp' is installed."
   else
      echo "Package 'ncftp' is NOT installed."
      echo "Installing package 'ncftp'. Please wait..."
      apt-get -y install ncftp
fi

ncftpput -R -u $sourceFTPUser -p $sourceFTPPassword $sourceFTPIPAddress $backupFTPDir/ $sourceUSBDir/*

# Check target size
echo "Finished copying data. Checking copyied data size."
logger Finished copying data. Checking copyied data size.
targetSize=$(du -s $backupDir | sed -e 's/\s.*$//')

# Compose the result
reportEnd="[$backupDay] Source: $sourceSize, Target: $targetSize, TargetDir: $backupDir"

# Report the progress by email
# Exceprted from https://github.com/repoman/rpiips
python /home/pi/Documents/Software/rpiips/mail-usbread.py -m "$reportEnd"  2> /dev/null

if [ "$sourceSize"=="$targetSize" ]; then
   echo "Successfully copied."
   mv -f $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate $sourceCompletedUSBDir/ 2> /dev/null
   logger Successfully copied.
else
   echo "Copied size mismatched."
   mv -f $sourceProgressUSBDir/$sourceUSBDate $sourceFailedUSBDir/ 2> /dev/null
   logger Copied size mismatch
fi