Updated camera script not to check if the output directory exists, added --verbose option, updated help.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/camera/camera b/camera/camera
index 04c2d6c..8c5fdf3 100755
--- a/camera/camera
+++ b/camera/camera
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ camera_help() {
 	echo "    --awb <auto, incandescent, tungsten, fluorescent, indoor, daylight, cloudy, custom>"
 	echo "    --directory <directory to save images>"
 	echo "    --output <filename>"
+	echo "    --zoom"
+	echo "    --verbose"
 }
 
 # Directory to save images to
@@ -111,6 +113,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 			fi
 			shift
 			;;
+		-v|--verbose)
+			VERBOSE="yes"
+			shift
+			;;
 		-z|--zoom)
 			ZOOM="yes"
 			shift
@@ -130,11 +136,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 	esac
 done
 
-# check if the output directory exists
-if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
-	echo "Error: directory ${DIRECTORY} does not exist"
-	exit 2
-fi
+# check if the output directory exists - this might be a link
+#if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+#	echo "Error: directory ${DIRECTORY} does not exist"
+#	exit 2
+#fi
 
 # default capture command
 CMD_CONTROL="--keypress"
@@ -160,7 +166,10 @@ if [[ "${OPTION_TIMELAPSE}" = "yes" ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-CMD_EXEC="rpicam-still --verbose --timeout 0 --fullscreen "
+CMD_EXEC="rpicam-still --timeout 0 --fullscreen "
+if [[ "${VERBOSE}" = "yes" ]]; then
+	CMD_EXEC+=" --verbose "
+fi
 if [[ "${ZOOM}" = "yes" ]]; then
 	CMD_EXEC+="--viewfinder-width 800 --viewfinder-height 600 "
 fi