[TriLUG] bash script, motion, scp

[James Tuttle]

Not a bad idea.  The camera will be in the house inside window just
begging the prowler to break the window and set off the alarm.  Of
course, I'll likely end up with a broken window, no camera, and a
useless picture.  That's my wife's suspicion, anyway.

I was thinking of trying to disguise the camera behind a lightcatcher or
something.

Jim

Scott Lambdin wrote:
> 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
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