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Re: New LEGO RoboCam'Bot
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:25:45 GMT
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:02:23PM +0000, David Koudys wrote:
> Actually, just thinking about it--every 10 seconds the latest image gets FTP'd
> to the server (and 10 seconds later gets overwritten with the new image).
> Someone more intelligent than I could probably write a little .cgi that's
> triggered by a button on the page that would take that file and copy and rename
> it to another directory, for viewing purposes.
>
> Any programmers wanting to take up the challenge?
Here ya go - plop this in your cgi-bin, and update the 3 configuration
lines, and you're all set. To take a snapshot, just link to the CGI.
Ideally, it'll work - but I haven't actually tested it.
:)
Dan
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#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
# *** STANDARD WARNING ***
# writing code in email without testing it is dangerous!
# don't use this code!
use strict;
uss File::Copy;
# Configuration
my $orig = "/path/to/original.jpg"; # picture you want to save
my $target = "/path/to/save/dir"; # directory to save snapshots
my $redirecturl = "http://example.com/some/page.html";
# where to send people after they take the snapshot
# End configuration
my @time = localtime;
$time[4] ++;
$time[5] += 1900;
my $name = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d.%02d%02d%02d.$$.jpg", reverse @time[0..5]);
copy($orig, "$target/$name") or warn "Failed to copy to $target/$name: $!";
print "Status: 302 Moved\n";
print "Location: $redirecturl\n\n";
exit;
__END__
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) Thanks Dan! That was very quick! I've implemented and changed approriate settings (fixed type-o as well) THe script does something--it runs and will redirect the user to the appropriate page, but it does not copy the file to the specified (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) It's a great idea, but then there'd have to be some sort of button for 'take pic' on the page. If I knew more about, well, anything, I would set up a web applet for the webcam software to save a picture when a button on the page is pushed. But (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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