What we want to do is copy the zoneminder jpg files from events directory and its subdirectories to another location what is the best way to achieve this. We have written customized linux scripts to do so but when we execute them in a loop after a while zoneminder stops responding or rather stops storing images in its directory. Following is the copy code we are executing:


#!/bin/bash
j=0
while [ 1 ]
do
echo Process > /home/user1/runprocess.out
for i in `find /usr/share/zoneminder/events/1/ -name *ana*.jpg`
do
rm $i
echo $i removed
done
for i in `find /usr/share/zoneminder/events/1/ -name *c*.jpg`
do
fname=`basename $i`
echo $fname
mv $i /home/user1/Axis1$fname
echo $i Copied
done
done

Thanks for your time and response.......

Remove the loops and use a cron script?


crontab - e

something like

* 1 * * * * cp /some/directory/*jpg* /some/other/directory
1 1 * * * * echo "somethiongs done"
* 2 * * * * cp /some/directory/*jpg* /some/other/directory
1 2 * * * * echo "somethiongs done"

I put the script in 'vim' and cleaned up the formatting, then put it back in a set of Code tags for you.

You are not copying files, you are moving files. Plus you appear to be doing this outside of ZM, which I would expect to break things in ZM. If you want to copy then you should replace this line ...

... with this line:

I would also completely remove this section:

Then set up a filter or filters inside ZM to manage removal of events and files.

All that said, why exactly are you moving the files at this point? Perhaps we can help you come up with a way to do what you want that does not break ZM.