sync slideshows from Google team drive using rclone on ARM #raspberrypi

install.sh

# see https://gist.github.com/simonhaenisch/0ca8534bf50f189b4f93d1cc1f20c58f

su # run as root

pacman -Sy # update repos
pacman -S git go # install git and go compiler

go get -u -v github.com/ncw/rclone # installs into ~/go/bin/rclone

mkdir /var/gdrive/slides

rclone config
# n: new remote
# name: gdrive
# storage: drive
# client_id: <empty>
# client_secret: <empty>
# [scope: drive]
# [root_folder_id: <empty>]
# [service_account_file: <empty>]
# auto config: no
# open browser => select account => copy & paste verification code
# team drive: yes
# enter desired team drive id
# y: yes this is ok
# q: quit config

show.sh

#!/bin/bash

basedir="/var/gdrive/slides"

killall fbi &> /dev/null

# get subdir from command line argument if given
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    subdir="default"
else
    subdir=$1
fi

# combine to slide directory
slidedir="$basedir/$subdir"

# check if dir exists
if [ ! -d "$slidedir" ]; then
    echo "Error: could not find $slidedir"
    # fall back to default dir
    slidedir="$basedir/default"
fi

# run framebuffer image viewer on console 1 (-T 1)
fbi -noverbose -T 1 -a -t 7 -u `find $slidedir -iname "*.jpg"`

sync.sh

#!/bin/bash

dir=/var/gdrive/slides

# sync from google team drive
/root/go/bin/rclone sync gdrive:path/to/slides "$dir"

# update crontab
crontab "$dir/cronjobs.txt"