Merge branch 'master' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / x_win / webcam_snagger.sh

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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# the file name to be found on the remote site is expected to be named
-# using the prefix and suffix below.
-# example: prefix=webcam and suffix=jpg leads to a picture named webcam.jpg
-FILE_PREFIX=webcam
-FILE_SUFFIX=jpg
-
-# this is the location on the internet (or local network) where the file
-# can be found.
-#WEBPIX_SITE='http://gruntose.com/'
-WEBPIX_SITE='ftp://velma/incoming'
-
-# this points at the directory where the downloaded pictures will be stored.
-WEBPIX_DIR=$HOME/pix_webcam
-if [ ! -d $WEBPIX_DIR ]; then mkdir $WEBPIX_DIR; fi
-# make sure that the directory creation worked.
-if [ ! -d $WEBPIX_DIR ]; then 
-  echo "The target directory $WEBPIX_DIR cannot be created."
-  exit 51;
-fi
-
-# the number of seconds to sleep between snapshots of the source file.
-SNOOZE_PERIOD=3
-
-# our loop variable.  if you want the numbers that are added to the name to
-# start at a different value, then change that here.
-index=1
-
-while [ $index -lt 10000 ]; do
-  # grab the file and store it to a local location.  
-  chewed_index=$index
-#hmmm: would be nice to have the numbers prefixed by zeros.
-  if [ $chewed_index -lt 1000 ]; then chewed_index=0$chewed_index; fi
-  if [ $chewed_index -lt 100 ]; then chewed_index=0$chewed_index; fi
-  if [ $chewed_index -lt 10 ]; then chewed_index=0$chewed_index; fi
-
-  wget -i $WEBPIX_SITE/$FILE_PREFIX.$FILE_SUFFIX -o $WEBPIX_DIR/$FILE_PREFIX$chewed_index.$FILE_SUFFIX
-
-  index=$(expr $index + 1)
-  sleep $SNOOZE_PERIOD
-done
-