Re: [Motion-user] How to ftp movie file - on_movie_end

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John Sutherland wrote:
> So i know there is the on_movie_end feature/setting.  I want to know, 
> how does it know the name of the file to send?  Is there an example of 
> how to use the command.  Just something simple.  In the script file, how 
> do I specify the file name?  It changes as the date and time change.  I 
> am using the default Motion file naming, I did not change how it is 
> stored from the original motion.conf.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> John

Hi John,

	Here is a quick example:
	    on_movie_end /home/andrew/scripts/uploadvid2.py %f
	The %f tells motion to pass the filename of the movie to the uploadvid2.py script. Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Andrew Hamilton