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[pHEnomIC69]

Basically all i need it to do at this point is unmount /Volumes/Backup at sleep. I found a program called sleep watcher and it should do what i need. This is on OSX.

I followed the directions:
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/share/man/man8
$ sudo cp ~/Desktop/sleepwatcher_2.1.1/sleepwatcher /usr/local/sbin
$ sudo cp ~/Desktop/sleepwatcher_2.1.1/sleepwatcher.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8

with no issues. 

Then I made a file called .sleep which has:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/diskutil eject '/Volumes/Backup/'

I also did chmod a+x .sleep


I then run:
/usr/local/sbin/sleepwatcher --verbose --sleep .sleep

and I get: -bash: /usr/local/sbin/sleepwatcher: Not a directory

I also tried installing it into /sbin like so:
$ sudo cp ~/Desktop/sleepwatcher_2.1.1/sleepwatcher /sbin

I then try: /sbin/sleepwatcher --verbose --sleep .sleep

But then I get:
sh: .sleep: command not found
sleepwatcher: sleep: .sleep: 32512


Any advice on this?
Its supposed to monitor for sleep and then run the script, but I have no idea.

[~Link~]

Haven't messed with OSX from the command line a lot, but my Linux senses are saying that you'll need to install your .sleep script as well.

Move your .sleep script into /usr/bin, and that should take care of your latest error message.  If you can run the .sleep script by just typing ".sleep" into a console, you should be home free.
I believe sbin is traditionally supposed to be used for commands run by the system.

[pHEnomIC69]

perfect! that did the trick!

Now i just gotta figured out how to use launchd or something to fire up the sleepwatcher at startup but ill worry about that tomorrow.

[GideonX]

You can also just use the full path to .sleep, no need to move that into /bin or /sbin

/usr/local/sbin/sleepwatcher --verbose --sleep /full/path/to/.sleep