Re: [Motion-user] stopping mpeg recording when an event occurs

[Kenneth L. <ke...@la...>]

Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 4/17/06, Punit Neb <pn...@mt...> wrote:
>   
>> what i want to do is, let motion perform as usual ie record when it senses
>> movement. when a file say /tmp/foo.txt is created by another process, stop
>> the current recording, rename the current recording and start a new
>> recording. the renaming of recording i can manage by running a script
>> specified in on_movie_end in motion.conf. my problem is how to checking
>> if /tmp/foo.txt exists. if it exists ending the current recording.
>>     
>
> Ignore the technical details - what are you trying to achieve and why?
>
>   
Rob is write. Just what I also originally wanted to know.

The whole concept of letting Motion react on the existance of a text 
file is probably not the best way to solve your problem.

We need to get back to - what program is creating the text file? I am 
sure we can find a much simpler and smarter way to do what you want.

Kenneth