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Quartz's Fiscal Cliff Webcam bash script
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quartzwebcam.sh
#!/bin/bash
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FTP_UN = " "
FTP_URL = " "
REM_DIR = "hastheusgoneoffthefiscalcliff.com/"
#kill any running camera processes (because macs will steal control of the camera sometimes)
killall -SIGINT PTPCamera
#take a new picture
gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download --filename imagecapture.jpg
#resize image
convert -resize 1000 -compress JPEG -quality 80 imagecapture.jpg imagecapture_1000.jpg
#resize image for social
convert -resize 550 -compress JPEG -quality 80 imagecapture.jpg imagecapture_550.jpg
#upload the photo to the remote server (we set up an authorized key on the remote so the script doesn't need a password)
scp imagecapture_1000.jpg $FTP_UN@$FTP_URL:$REM_DIR
#upload the sized-for-social social photo to the remote server
scp imagecapture_550.jpg $FTP_UN@$FTP_URL:$REM_DIR
#move file to local archive
mv imagecapture.jpg archive/archive-$(date +%F-%H%M%S).jpg
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