[ILUG] camera tips...

[kevin lyda]

i hate those camera gui's for getting pictures downloaded.  this is
what i use for my camera (a sony cybershot u) to have it automagically
download all the pictures off my camera.  it's a script that lives in
/etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage .  it does the following:

    it mounts the camera
    makes sure it's my camera
    copies the files (and gives them proper extensions, jpeg and mpeg)
        to ~/camera/
    unmounts the camera
    tells hotplug to rmmod the usb-storage modules when the camera
        disconnects
    echos three beeps to the console

not sure if people will find it handy, but i do.  all i do to grab all
the pix is plug the camera in and plug it out after i hear three beeps.

kevin

#!/bin/sh

logger -t usb-storage "Starting"

case x"$ACTION" in

    xadd)
	# from usb/usbcam
	# new code, using GNU style parameters
	if [ -f /var/run/console.lock ]; then
	    CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console.lock`
	elif [ -f /var/lock/console.lock ]; then
	    CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/lock/console.lock`
	else
	    logger -t usb-storage No console owner found
	    exit
	fi

	if [ -d /home/$CONSOLEOWNER/camera ]; then
	    logger -t usb-storage "Mounting camera"
	    su $CONSOLEOWNER -c "mount /mnt/camera" || exit
	    if [ ! -f /mnt/camera/memstick.ind ]; then
		logger -t usb-storage Not a memory stick
		umount /mnt/camera
		exit
	    fi
	    logger -t usb-storage "Camera mounted, copying files"
	    su $CONSOLEOWNER \
		    -c "find /mnt/camera/dcim -type f -print0 |
	                xargs -0i mv '{}' /home/$CONSOLEOWNER/camera"
	    su $CONSOLEOWNER \
		    -c "rename .jpg .jpeg /home/$CONSOLEOWNER/camera/*.jpg;
		        rename .mpg .mpeg /home/$CONSOLEOWNER/camera/*.mpg;
		        chmod 644 /home/$CONSOLEOWNER/camera/*.?peg"
	    umount /mnt/camera
	    echo -e '\007' > /dev/console; sleep 1
	    echo -e '\007' > /dev/console; sleep 1
	    echo -e '\007' > /dev/console
	else
	    logger -t usb-storage "Console owner doesn't have a ~/camera dir"
	fi

	test -d /var/run/usb || mkdir /var/run/usb
	( echo '#!/bin/sh' ; echo rmmod usb-storage ) > $REMOVER
	chmod 755 $REMOVER
	;;

esac

logger -t usb-storage "Finishing"
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