Comments on: HOWTO: Track your mac

By: tompohl

tompohl — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:19:13 +0000

The php script wouldn't do much since latest.jpg doesn't exist
Here, add a second line under the curl line I suggested earlier:
curl -T /.locateme/images/taken/$datetime.jpg -u $USER:$PASS $BASEURL/latest.jpg

By: JoSer

JoSer — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:33:34 +0000

thanks for that. The FTP Upload works, but the php script is doing nothing. Now I used another simple php script gallery that displays the pics.

By: tompohl

tompohl — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:04:55 +0000

doing an ftp upload via curl would be an easy modification to the go.sh script:

Change:
/usr/bin/curl -u $USER:$PASS -F uploadedfile=@/.locateme/images/taken/$datetime.jpg $BASEURL/

to:
curl -T /.locateme/images/taken/$datetime.jpg -u $USER:$PASS $BASEURL

And also change $BASEURL in locateme.conf to something like ftp://mywebhost.com/uploaddir/

The only thing that you'll miss out on is where the php script symlinks the latest image to latest.jpg, but it would at least get the file out to the server!

By: JoSer

JoSer — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:53:27 +0000

yep =)
Sorry, i've missed that part about unzipping via command line. The script works now.
I'm now wondering if there is a solution within the script to use a hosted webspace.
I can't edit the apache config on that hoseted webspace.
So I tried .htaccess, but that didnt' work.
Then I thought about using curl to upload via ftp, but then there's the POST data missing.
Is there a possibility for hosted webspaces?

By: tompohl

tompohl — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:29:55 +0000

It is in the directory named .locateme (with the '.' on the front). Files/folders in unix/osx that start with a '.' are hidden so they won't show up in Finder, but they are there. If you follow the step-by-step instructions, it should work!

By: JoSer

JoSer — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:35:52 +0000

Am I wrong, or is the locateme script missing in the tar file?

By: Adam Whitney

Adam Whitney — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:43:23 +0000

Tom, thanks for the sweet writeup. It works great!

I did find one typo in the index.php file of the root 'locateme' directory. Line 21 should read "Content-type" instead of "Contet-type". Once I fixed that, the latest snapshot loaded just fine in my browser.

By: tompohl

tompohl — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:03:38 +0000

Great catch! I've updated the tgz file so anyone else who downloads it will benefit from your find!

By: tompohl

tompohl — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:39:34 +0000

Which part do you think isn't working? Does it take pictures and place them in /.locateme/images (either its send or taken subfolder)? You won't be able to browse to the /.locateme folder directly from Finder since it is a hidden folder, but you can get there by choosing "Go"->"Go to Folder …" from the menu in Finder.

By: me with SL

me with SL — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:49:17 +0000

i cannot get this to work on my SL?