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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ #!/bin/bash - -# define variables. Your needs may vary. -# use literal user name. Shell expansions may not work when this script is run by a service! -picdir="/home/st33v/pix" +# takepix.sh SJP 10 January 2017 +# Version 2: PUSH photos to STAN rather than waiting for STAN to pull them by scp. +# +# Create a file called 'picdir.config', containing paths to your local photos and +# the storage location on your equivalent of STAN, or 'cam Herder' raspi. It must overwrite +# the following variable assignments, which are shown as examples: +# use literal user name. Shell expansions may not work when this script is run by a service! +picdir="/path/to/my/photos" # overwritten by sourcing from .picdir.config +camHerder="STAN:/home/path/to/stored/photos" +. picdir.config # source directory name from local config file picdate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M) thispic=$picdir/$picdate.jpg artist=$(hostname) jpgQuality="90" +camHerderHostname='stan' # Substitute your cam 'controller' hostname or LAN IP address # echo thispic = $thispic @@ -23,6 +30,10 @@ case ${artist^^} in esac +# Copy pic to STAN, and place it in proper subdirectory (which of course must exist on STAN). +scp $thispic $camHerder/$artist/. +rm $thispic + # Note: we do no image processing on this pi, because it has so little RAM # left after devoting 128MB to the GPU (camera). # STAN does all the heavy lifting: |