[TriLUG] bash script, motion, scp

[Scott Lambdin]

So the prowler will think it is not working and you can get a good shot.

On 1/11/08, James Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> I actually thought of this.  I left a soldering iron, a PCB, and some
> LED's on a try hooked to the 110V outlet.  It's what I like to call a
> 'nerd trap'.
>
> Why the wireless camera and cable>?!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Scott Lambdin wrote:
> > 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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> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x69B69B08
> >>>>>>
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> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------
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> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> ---Jim Tuttle
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
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> ---Jim Tuttle
> ------------------------------------------------------
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