#!/bin/bash

nameOfDirectory1=/media/external/testServer/
nameOfDirectory2=test/
testForExternal=/media/external/
readFromFile=test/testServer/testServer.txt

if find "$testForExternal" -maxdepth 0 -empty | read; then
echo "There is no existing external harddrive"
exit
else

for i in "$nameOfDirectory1"
do
echo "copying files from $i to $nameOfDirectory2"
echo " "
cp -r $i $nameOfDirectory2
done
fi

cat $readFromFile