[TriLUG] bash script, motion, scp

[Scott Lambdin]

Get a wireless camera and afix a damaged looking piece of scrap cable that
just hangs down a couple of feet.  ^_^

Oh, what if the prowler is a triluger?


On 1/11/08, James Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> I saw that camera and thought it would be great, but I doubt my wife
> would be interested in paying for it.
>
> The first thing my wife had to say about the webcam in the window was
> "Don't you think they'll steal your computer?"  I'd like to hide it and
> will start playing with it this weekend.  I have no idea how to begin,
> though.
>
> Any ideas?  There aren't many possible locations to place the camera so
> I'll have to try to disguise it.
>
> Jim
>
> Scott Lambdin wrote:
> > Good luck.  Are you going to hide the camera or make it obvious?
> >
> > Someone had a real nice camera for sale on here a while back.
> >
> >
> > On 1/11/08, James Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:
> >> Scott,
> >>
> >> You were spot on.  I didn't catch that so I really appreciate your
> help.
> >> There have been some burglaries in my neighborhood and someone has been
> >> prowling on my screen porch.  I'd love to have a picture of them.  Now
> >> if I only had a better camera than this Logitech Messenger.
> >>
> >> Thanks again,
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> Scott Lambdin wrote:
> >>> Hmm - it looks like some version put the filename at the end without
> >> %f  -
> >>> see what $2 is in your bash script.
> >>>
> >>> On 1/11/08, James Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm working on my motion configuration.  Motion allows an
> >>>> on_picture_save option.  Many people use wput to ftp the picture to a
> >>>> remote server, but I couldn't get that to work and I don't care for
> >>>> plain text authentication.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd like to use scp.  In my motion.conf file I have this line:
> >>>> on_picture_save /home/jjtuttle/.motion/onsave.sh %f
> >>>> %f should expand to the to filename of the saved picture.
> >>>>
> >>>> My onsave.sh file reads thusly:
> >>>> #/bin/bash
> >>>>
> >>>> scp $1 jim at bt:~/www/private/motion/.
> >>>> echo "SCP'd $1 to bt"
> >>>>
> >>>> However, the %f doesn't seem to be expanding.  I get this error:
> >>>> [1] File of type 2 saved to:
> >>>> /home/jim/Documents/personal/motion/01-20080111110000-snapshot.jpg
> >>>> %f: No such file or directory
> >>>> SCP'd %f to Braggtown
> >>>>
> >>>> So, my question is, how can I use SCP to save this picture to a
> remote
> >>>> location.  I suppose I could trigger a script that finds the most
> >> recent
> >>>> image in the directory and SCP's that, but during a motion capture
> >>>> event pictures are saved pretty quickly and I wonder if I'd miss
> some.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jim
> >>>> --
> >>>> --
> >>>> ---Jim Tuttle
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> http://www.braggtown.com
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> >>>>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> ---Jim Tuttle
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
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> --
> --
> ---Jim Tuttle
> ------------------------------------------------------
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