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Created January 23, 2011 18:56
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The poor man's screen lapse
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screenlapse.sh
#!/bin/sh
SCREENSHOT_PATH="/tmp/screenlapse/"
mkdir -p $SCREENSHOT_PATH
while true;
do
TIME=`date +-%Y-%m%d-%H%M%S`
screencapture -m $SCREENSHOT_PATH"sl"$TIME".png"
convert -resize 40% $SCREENSHOT_PATH"sl"$TIME".png" $SCREENSHOT_PATH"sl"$TIME".png"
echo `du -h $SCREENSHOT_PATH`
sleep 5
done
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