🖥️📜 screen-scribe

Keep a history of screenshots.

Inspiration

• https://superuser.com/questions/1594667/how-can-i-make-a-screenshot-log-on-linux
• https://www.perplexity.ai/search/systemd-script-that-runs-once-1HMPhyn9QoeqHJ6AfpfCRQ

Install Service

1. Install image magick
2. Update screen-log.service
   1. Update ExecStart path
3. Create /srv/screen-log directory
   1. sudo mkdir /srv/screen-log
4. Run sudo ./screenshot.sh
5. Verify a new screenshot is added to /srv/screen-log
6. sudo cp screen-log.service /etc/systemd/system/screen-log.service
7. sudo cp screen-log.timer /etc/systemd/system/screen-log.timer
8. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
9. sudo systemctl enable screen-log.timer
10. sudo systemctl enable screen-log.service
11. sudo systemctl start screen-log.timer
12. Check that the trigger value is shown in systemctl status screen-log.timer

    ● screen-log.timer - Take a screenshot every minute or two
         Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/screen-log.timer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
         Active: active (waiting) since Thu 2025-01-23 03:09:43 EST; 30min ago
        Trigger: Thu 2025-01-23 03:41:42 EST; 1min 44s left
       Triggers: ● screen-log.service
    

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Set Up Samba Share

Instructions for Ubuntu

Add the following to the bottom of /etc/samba/samba.conf

[sambashare]
   comment = Screen Log
   path = /srv/screen-log
   read only = yes
   browsable = yes