Bash scripts to start and stop raspistill and mjpg_streamer. Blog post: http://www.miguelmota.com/blog/raspberry-pi-camera-board-video-streaming/

start_stream.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ ! -d /tmp/stream ]
then
    mkdir /tmp/stream/
fi

if pgrep raspistill > /dev/null
then
    echo "raspistill already running"
else
    raspistill -w 640 -h 480 -q 5 -o /tmp/stream/pic.jpg -tl 100 -t 9999999 -th 0:0:0 -n > /dev/null 2>&1& 
    echo "raspistill started"
fi

if pgrep mjpg_streamer > /dev/null
then
    echo "mjpg_streamer already running"
else
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mjpg-streamer/ /opt/mjpg-streamer/mjpg_streamer -i "input_file.so -f /tmp/stream -n pic.jpg" -o "output_http.so -p 9000 -w /opt/mjpg-streamer/www" > /dev/null 2>&1&
    echo "mjpg_streamer started"
fi

stop_stream.sh

#!/bin/bash

if pgrep raspistill
then
    kill $(pgrep raspistill) > /dev/null 2>&1
    echo "raspistill stopped"
else
    echo "raspistill not running"
fi

if pgrep mjpg_streamer
then
    kill $(pgrep mjpg_streamer) > /dev/null 2>&1
    echo "mjpg_streamer stopped"
else
    echo "mjpg_streamer not running"
fi