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/ take-timed-photo.sh
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December 15, 2015 14:49
Take a photo from webcam when connected to a wifi network with a given SSID.
Combine with cron to have your picture taken every N minutes.
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| allowed_ssid="everything" | |
| capture_path="$HOME/captures" | |
| # only take a photo when at work (connected to work network) | |
| check_wireless=$(/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep "ESSID:\"$allowed_ssid\"") | |
| if [ -n "$check_wireless" ]; then | |
| streamer -s 1280x720 -f jpeg -o "$capture_path/$(date +%Y%m%d.%H%M).jpeg" |
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