modified script a bit and moved it

unix/launch_script_bootable.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This script is to be used by the maintainers of bootable Linux systems so that
+# Autopsy can launch and use an external USB device for user configuration.  This
+# will ensure that the user does not have to reconfigure Autopsy each time.
+#
+# The basic idea of the script is to let the user pick which external readwrite
+# device to use, ensure that an Autopsy folder exists, and launch Autopsy so that
+# it uses that folder for configuration. 
+#
+# To use this script, maintainers should:
+# - Update AUTOPSY_BIN to path where the autopsy script / folder are
+
+
+
+AUTOPSY_BIN=/usr/share/autopsy-4.7.0/bin/autopsy
+
 infoLog () {
   echo "INFO: "$1
 }
@@ -8,9 +23,12 @@ errorLog () {
   echo "ERROR: "$1
   exit 1
 }
-Autopsybin=/usr/bin/autopsy4
-[ -x "$Autopsybin" ] && infoLog "Autopsy found" || errorLog "Antopsy binaries not found exiting....."
 
+# Verify we can find the script
+[ -x "$AUTOPSY_BIN" ] && infoLog "Autopsy found" || errorLog "Autopsy binaries not found at $AUTOPSY_BIN. Exiting....."
+
+
+# Create folders on external drive
 createConfigDirectories () {
     if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
       mkdir $1 && infoLog "$1 successfully created" || errorLog "error while creating $1"
@@ -26,13 +44,22 @@ createConfigDirectories () {
     fi
     return 0
 }
+
+
 options_length=0
+# Display list of mounted devices, prompt user, and store
+# results in global variables
 showAndReadOptions () {
   echo "Select a mounted disk to create config directory"
+  # Maintainers: Adjust these grep statements based on where your
+  # platform mounts media. 
   mnt=( $(mount | grep "media" | grep "rw" | awk '{print $3}') )
+
+  # Add option to user to not use mounted media
   length=${#mnt[@]}
-  mnt[length]="No action"
+  mnt[length]="Do not store on mounted disk"
   options_length=$(( $length + 1 ))
+
   x=1
   for word in "${mnt[@]}"
   do
@@ -41,11 +68,15 @@ showAndReadOptions (){
   done
   read option
 }
+
+
+# Show mounted drives and loop until it is valid
 showAndReadOptions
 if [ "$option" -lt "1" ] || [ "$option" -gt "$options_length" ]; then
   infoLog "Please choose a valid option"
   showAndReadOptions
 fi
+
 if [ "$option" != "$options_length" ]; then
   index=$(( $option - 1 ))
   echo "Autopsy configurations will be stored in" "${mnt[$index]}"". Are you sure? (y/n)"
@@ -53,14 +84,16 @@ if [ "$option" != "$options_length" ]; then
   if [ "$affirmation" == "y" ] || [ "$affirmation" == "Y" ]; then
     [ -d "${mnt[$index]}" ]  && selectedMount=${mnt[$index]} || errorLog "Mount point not found"
     [ -w "$selectedMount" ] && autopsyConfigDir="${mnt[$index]}/AutopsyConfig" || errorLog "Mount point $selectedMount does not have write permission"
-    cacheDirectory="$autopsyConfigDir/cachedir"
+
+    # Make the directories on the media
     userDirectory="$autopsyConfigDir/userdir"
-    configDirectory="$autopsyConfigDir/configdata"
+    createConfigDirectories $autopsyConfigDir $userDirectory
-    createConfigDirectories $autopsyConfigDir $cacheDirectory $userDirectory $configDirectory
+
+
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        sh $Autopsybin --userdir $userDirectory --cachedir $cacheDirectory -J-Djava.io.tmpdir=$configDirectory
+        sh $AUTOPSY_BIN --userdir $userDirectory 
     fi
   fi
 else
-    sh $Autopsybin
+    sh $AUTOPSY_BIN
 fi