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+#!/bin/bash
+# ======================================================================
+#  shutterlinksort
+#  ----------------
+#  Camera image downloader and organizer for PTP/IP-connected devices.
+#
+#  Connects to a camera over network (using gphoto2), downloads new
+#  photos, extracts EXIF metadata (date, shutter count), and sorts
+#  images into folders by date.
+#
+#  Usage:
+#      shutterlinksort
+#  Dependencies:
+#      gphoto2, exiftool, bash
+#
+#  Author: James Blackmore (reclusejay)
+#  Version: 1.0
+# ======================================================================
+
+# --- Safety options ---
+# -e  : Exit immediately if a command exits with non-zero status.
+# -u  : Treat unset variables as an error and exit.
+# -o pipefail : Fail a pipeline if *any* command in it fails.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ============================================================
+# Cleanup handler — runs on interrupt/termination
+# ============================================================
+cleanup() {
+    # Disable any special globbing options we enabled
+    shopt -u nullglob nocaseglob || true
+
+    # Delete any 0-byte (incomplete) downloads if present
+    find "$cam_dl_dir" -type f -size 0 -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    log "Caught interrupt, exiting"
+    exit 0
+}
+# Trap cleanup on Ctrl+C, kill, or quit signals
+trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM SIGQUIT
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: php_get
+# Pulls a config value from the PHP $CONFIG array
+# ============================================================
+php_get() {
+    if ! command -v php >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        # fallback to php-cli
+        if command -v php-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            php-cli -r "include('../src/includes/config.php'); print \$CONFIG['$1'];"
+        else
+            echo "Error: Neither 'php' nor 'php-cli' is available."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        php -r "include('../src/includes/config.php'); print \$CONFIG['$1'];"
+    fi
+    return 0    
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Load all settings from PHP config
+# ============================================================
+cam_uuid=$(php_get "camera_uuid")
+cam_dl_dir=$(php_get "upload_dir")
+cam_sort_dir=$(php_get "sorted_img_dir")
+cam_index_file=$(php_get "index_file")
+cam_xml_url=$(php_get "camera_xml_url")
+cam_ext_format=$(php_get "camera_ext_formats")
+cam_mac=$(php_get "camera_mac")
+g2_port=$(php_get "gphoto2_config_port")
+g2_model=$(php_get "gphoto2_config_model")
+g2_guid=$(php_get "gphoto2_config_guid")
+g2_conf=$(php_get "gphoto2_config_file")
+
+# Create the index file if missing
+[ -f "$cam_index_file" ] || echo 0 > "$cam_index_file"
+
+# ============================================================
+# Global variables
+# ============================================================
+debug=true
+ver="v.25.10.1"
+STATUS="INITIALIZING"
+CAM_IP=""
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: log
+# Provides timestamped console and syslog logging
+# ============================================================
+log() {
+    local msg lev full_msg
+    if $debug; then
+        msg="${1:-NO MESSAGE!}"
+        lev="${2:-info}"
+
+        full_msg="[debug $lev] Version: $ver - $(date +[%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S]) - $msg"
+
+        # Always print to stdout for debugging
+        echo "$full_msg"
+
+        # Try syslog first; fallback to a file log if logger fails
+        logger -t camera-download-sort "$full_msg" 2>/dev/null || \
+        echo "$full_msg" >> /var/log/camera-download-sort.log
+    fi
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: find_ip_by_mac
+# Locates the IP address of a device by its MAC address
+# ============================================================
+find_ip_by_mac() {
+    local mac ip file
+
+    # Normalize MAC to lowercase for comparison
+    mac=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    [ -z "$mac" ] && log "No MAC provided" && return 1
+
+    # 1️⃣ Primary source: /proc/net/arp (most reliable)
+    ip=$(awk -v mac="$mac" 'NR>1 && tolower($4)==mac {print $1; exit}' /proc/net/arp)
+
+    # 2️⃣ Fallback: BusyBox arp command output
+    if [ -z "$ip" ] && command -v arp >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        ip=$(arp | awk -v mac="$mac" 'NR>1 && tolower($4)==mac {print $1; exit}')
+    fi
+
+    # 3️⃣ Fallback: dnsmasq lease files
+    if [ -z "$ip" ]; then
+        for file in /tmp/dhcp.leases /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases; do
+            [ -f "$file" ] || continue
+            ip=$(awk -v mac="$mac" 'tolower($2)==mac {print $3; exit}' "$file")
+            [ -n "$ip" ] && break
+        done
+    fi
+
+    # If found, set global CAM_IP variable
+    if [ -n "$ip" ]; then
+        CAM_IP="$ip"
+        log "Camera found at $CAM_IP"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Not found
+    return 1
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: is_camera_connected
+# Checks whether the camera’s MAC address is visible
+# ============================================================
+is_camera_connected() {
+    if find_ip_by_mac "$cam_mac"; then
+        if [ "$STATUS" = "WAITING" ]; then
+            # Already in waiting state — skip
+            return 1
+        fi
+        STATUS="CONNECTED"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    STATUS="DISCONNECTED"
+    return 1
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: download_images
+# Uses gphoto2 (PTP/IP) to pull new images from camera
+# ============================================================
+download_images() {
+    local wd="$PWD"
+    STATUS="WAITING"
+    cd "$cam_dl_dir" || return 1
+
+    # Create gphoto2 config file if it doesn’t exist
+    if [ ! -f "$g2_conf" ]; then
+        {
+            echo "$g2_port$CAM_IP"
+            echo "$g2_model"
+            echo "$g2_guid$cam_uuid"
+        } > "$g2_conf"
+    fi
+
+    # Check for gphoto2 availability
+    if command -v gphoto2 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        # Download all new files, skipping ones that already exist
+        if gphoto2 --port "ptpip:$CAM_IP" -P --skip-existing; then
+            log "Downloaded new images from $CAM_IP"
+            cd "$wd" || true
+            return 0
+        fi
+        log "gphoto2 download failed" error
+    else
+        log "gphoto2 not found — skipping download" warn
+    fi
+
+    cd "$wd" || true
+    return 1
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Function: sort_images
+# Sorts downloaded images into folders by EXIF date
+# ============================================================
+sort_images() {
+    local ext img datetime shuttercount yyyy mm dd timepart hhmmss ext_lower \
+          output_dir new_filename new_file uid index
+
+    STATUS="SORTING"
+    log "$STATUS"
+
+    # Ensure exiftool exists
+    command -v exiftool >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        log "exiftool missing — cannot sort" error
+        return 1
+    }
+
+    # Get current image index number
+    index=$(cat "$cam_index_file")
+
+    # Loop over each configured image extension (e.g. JPG ARW)
+    for ext in $cam_ext_format; do
+        # Enable flexible globbing (case-insensitive, no literal fail)
+        shopt -s nullglob nocaseglob
+
+        # Iterate through each matching file
+        for img in "$cam_dl_dir"/*."$ext"; do
+
+            # Pull EXIF date and shutter count
+            readarray -t exif_data < <(exiftool -s -s -s -DateTimeOriginal -ShutterCount "$img")
+            datetime="${exif_data[0]:-0000:00:00 00:00:00}"
+            shuttercount="${exif_data[1]:-}"
+
+            log "Processing $img (index $index)"
+
+            # Generate a unique ID if no shuttercount found
+            if [ -z "$shuttercount" ]; then
+                uid="rn${RANDOM}idx${index}"
+                log "No shuttercount in $img, uid=$uid"
+            else
+                uid="sc${shuttercount}idx${index}"
+                log "Shuttercount=$shuttercount uid=$uid"
+            fi
+
+            # Parse EXIF date into components
+            yyyy=$(echo "$datetime" | cut -d':' -f1)
+            mm=$(echo "$datetime" | cut -d':' -f2)
+            dd=$(echo "$datetime" | cut -d':' -f3 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+            timepart=$(echo "$datetime" | cut -d' ' -f2)
+            hhmmss=$(echo "$timepart" | tr -d ':')
+
+            # Normalize extension to lowercase
+            ext_lower=${ext,,}
+
+            # Build destination folder structure
+            output_dir="$cam_sort_dir/$ext_lower/$yyyy/$mm/$dd"
+            mkdir -p "$output_dir" || { log "mkdir failed: $output_dir" error; return 1; }
+
+            # Construct new filename
+            new_filename="${hhmmss}_${uid}.${ext_lower}"
+            new_file="$output_dir/$new_filename"
+
+            log "Moving $img -> $new_file"
+
+            # Move and increment index
+            if mv "$img" "$new_file"; then
+                index=$((index + 1))
+            else
+                log "Failed to move $img" error
+            fi
+        done
+
+        # Update index file after processing each extension type
+        printf '%s\n' "$index" > "$cam_index_file"
+    done
+
+    STATUS="DONE"
+    log "$STATUS"
+    return 0
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Main loop — runs forever
+# ============================================================
+log "Camera script started"
+
+while :; do
+    # If camera detected and not already downloading/sorting
+    if is_camera_connected && [ "$STATUS" != "WAITING" ] && [ "$STATUS" != "SORTING" ]; then
+        download_images || log "Download step failed" error
+    # If camera disconnected, begin sorting
+    elif [ "$STATUS" = "DISCONNECTED" ]; then
+        sort_images || log "Sort step failed" error
+    fi
+
+    # Avoid hammering system; check every 2 seconds
+    sleep 2
+done