[juneau-lug] Re: Crontab question

Hey Kevin,

Sounds like a fun project.  I think Kino along with this plug-in package might
do the trick. Check out the Multiple Image Import info here:
http://users.pandora.be/acp/kino/kinoplus.html#multiple
It sounds like it might work for you.

Jason


Quoting Kevin Miller <millerboys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> I want to run a script every five minutes and have the following in crontab:
>
>   */5 * * * * /home/big_folks/bin/glacier_cam
>
> That works fine, but I want to limit the script to running during
> specific hours.
>
> What I'm doing is grabbing the shot of the Mendenhall Glacier from
> http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/webcam.jpg and at the moment it's just
> a nice big blob of black.  So, I need to run the cronjob during daylight
> hours.  I figure I'll just keep track of sunrise and sunset and every
> week add a half hour or so to the time parameters.  In a year I want to
> combine all the .jpgs into a time-lapse video.  I think it'll be sorta
> neat to watch the changes to the glacier over the course of the year.
> Not to mention the weather changes, and such.
>
> Will I trigger every five minutes between 7 am and 4 pm if I do the
> following:
>
>   */5 7-16 * * * /home/big_folks/bin/glacier_cam
>
> And does anybody know how to combine multiple .jpg files into a .mpg or
> other video format?
>
> TIA.
>
> S'later...
>
> ...Kevin
> --
> Kevin Miller
> http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
> Juneau, Alaska
> Registered Linux User No: 307357
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