#!/bin/bash picdir="/home/st33v/pix" picdate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M) thispic=$picdir/$picdate.jpg #echo thispic = $thispic /opt/vc/bin/raspistill -x IFD1.Artist=neatherd -q 70 -md 4: -o $thispic # silly portrait shape #/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