smaller pix bevcecause not enough ram to analyse pix.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/takepix.sh b/takepix.sh
index 63f3082..444a33c 100755
--- a/takepix.sh
+++ b/takepix.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-
+picdir="/home/st33v/pix"
 picdate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M)
-/opt/vc/bin/raspistill -x IFD1.Artist=neatherd -o /home/st33v/pix/${picdate}.jpg
+thispic=$picdir/$picdate.jpg
+
+echo thispic = $thispic
+
+/opt/vc/bin/raspistill -x IFD1.Artist=neatherd -w 1200 -o $thispic
+
+# now check to see if the pic is too dark (i.e. taken at night)
+mean=$(identify -format %[mean] $thispic | sed s/[.].*//)
+
+echo mean is "$mean"
 
+# too dark
+if [ $mean -lt 2000 ]; then
+    rm $pixdir/$thispic
+    echo mean of $mean is too low.
+    exit 13
+fi