Eva and Franco Mattes
Personal Photographs, September 2009
2019
Cable tray, ethernet cables, digital images, Raspberry Pi single-board computers, micro SD cards, USB flash drives, custom software
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view, Team Gallery
Photo credits: Jeff McLane

THE BLANK CONTEMPORARY ART
99 PAROLE CON EVA E FRANCO MATTES

#!/bin/sh

echo “Beginning photo sync…”

#if [ “$(hostname)”==”rpa.local” ]; then
#echo “$(hostname -s)”
if [ “$(hostname -s)” = “rpa” ]; then
recipient_host=”rpb.local”
#recipient_host=”10.0.0.49″ #rpb
#recipient_host=”rpb”
echo “Sending photos to “$recipient_host”…”
else
recipient_host=”rpa.local”
#recipient_host=”10.0.0.1″ #rpa
#recipient_host=”rpa”
echo “Sending photos to “$recipient_host”…”
fi

usb_drive_name=”$(ls /media/pi/ | head -n 1)”
#usb_drive_name_escaped=”(command printf ‘%q’ $usb_drive_name)”
#usb_drive_name_escaped=${$usb_drive_name// /\ }
#usb_drive_name_escaped=${usb_drive_name// /_}

echo “Using USB drive:” $usb_drive_name

sender_path=/media/pi/$usb_drive_name/sending

recipient_path=/media/pi/$usb_drive_name/receiving

echo “Sending files in:” $sender_path
echo “Sending files to:” $recipient_host:$recipient_path

rsync –progress -a –recursive –ignore-times $sender_path/. pi@$recipient_host:$recipient_path

echo “Fin.”