Re: [Motion-user] on_area_detect script help

[Colin L. <cl...@gm...>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 23:24, Frank Bennett <fbe...@gm...> wrote:
>
> I'm running motion 4.2.2. I'm getting area_detect in the log file but getting nothing from the save.sh script. running:
> $ /usr/local/bin/motion -c /s/motion/config/motion.conf
> I get:
> mv: missing destination file operand after 'keep/'

That means that the mv command was only given one parameter instead of
two.  The only way I can see that being the case in the script you
provided is if $1 is empty.  I see you have an echo there, does it
show anything?

Colin

> Try 'mv --help' for more information.
> I get video strips for all movement and want to keep the ones in the selected area.
>
> Suggestions ?
>
> thanks,
> Frank
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> $ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS \n \l, 64b
>
> In /s/motion/config/camera2.conf
> area_detect 69
> on_area_detected /s/motion/save.sh %f
>
> $ cat /s/motion/save.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> echo $1
> mv $1 keep/
>
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