Google picasa command line backup script

picasa command line backup script

#!/bin/bash
# to install 
# python 2.7 above 
# install http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/
# install http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/downloads/list
# 
# once the above pacakges are installed you should be able to run the following 
# you will have to authorize this machine before you can sucessfully run the same. 
google picasa list-album > FILENAME
# 

DONE=false
until $DONE ;
do
    read || DONE=true
    # google picasa list-album give out the "Album Name", Album URL  
    ALBUM_NAME=`echo $REPLY | awk -F, '{print $1}' 
    google picasa get $ALBUM_NAME --dest ~/picasaweb_photo/
# process $REPLY here

done < FILENAME