From e8eaec0798069da521cb1dbf1183526fd4dce5b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: druckdev <63563978+druckdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:41:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add function for safe removal of external HDDs

Add zsh function that can be used for safely removing external HDDs
since only unmounting them will not make them stop spinning.
---
 .config/zsh/plugins/functionsPost.zsh | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.config/zsh/plugins/functionsPost.zsh b/.config/zsh/plugins/functionsPost.zsh
index 0440fba..40874de 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/plugins/functionsPost.zsh
+++ b/.config/zsh/plugins/functionsPost.zsh
@@ -321,3 +321,12 @@ function urlenc() {
 function urldec() {
 	python3 -c "from urllib import parse; print(parse.unquote('$@'), end='')"
 }
+
+safe-remove() {
+	[ $# -gt 0 ] || return 1
+	[ -e "$1" ] || return 1
+
+	sync
+	udiskctl unmount -b "$1" || return 1
+	udiskctl power-off -b "/dev/$(lsblk -no pkname "$1")"
+}