Listing 1. Final Script

#!/bin/mish
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

# stop button pressed? skip the rest.
stopp=`ls /tmp/stopp` ;
if [ "x$stopp" = "x" ]; then
 # clear working directory
 bufferd -reset -buffername BILDE ;
 # read configured positions, '~' signifies a unset
 # position
 grep -v '~' /etc/sysconfig/presetpos.conf \
 >/tmp/presets ;
 # pos 1-10 reserved for non-public views
 num=11;
 while [ $num -lt 21 ]; do
  # another stop button check - break the loop
  stopp=`ls /tmp/stopp` ;
  if [ "x$stopp" = "x" ]; then
   grep Pos$num /tmp/presets >/tmp/canptz ;
   canptz=`cat /tmp/canptz` ;
   if [ "x$canptz" != "x" ]; then
    # go to position
    shttpclient "http://127.0.0.1/axis-cgi/\
com/ptz.cgi?camera=1&gotoserverpresetno=$num";
    # wait for picture to settle
    sleep 6 ;
    # save picture to /tmp/BILDE/
    bufferd -start -buffername BILDE -snapshot\
     -pre 1 -format snapshot_pos$num.jpg -uri\
     'ftp://127.0.0.1/jpg/1/704x576.jpg' ;
    bufferd -stop -buffername BILDE ;
    tmpwait=20 ;
    while [ $tmpwait -gt 0 ]; do
     sleep 2;
     expr $tmpwait - 2 >/tmp/tmpwait ;
     tmpwait=`cat /tmp/tmpwait` ;
     if [ $tmpwait -eq 0 ]; then
      # timeout creating jpeg, kill process and
      # settle for potentially incomplete picture
      logger "timeout waiting for bufferd -stop,\
killing image_buffer and continuing."
      # ps is only available as a builtin
      # command in /bin/sh
      /bin/sh -c ps >/tmp/kverk ;
      grep image_buffer /tmp/kverk >/tmp/kverk2 ;
      imbuf_pid=`cut -b 0-5 /tmp/kverk2` ;
      rm /tmp/kverk; rm /tmp/kverk2;
      kill $imbuf_pid ;
     fi;
     if [ -f /tmp/BILDE/status ]; then
      # status file appeared - picture complete
      rm /tmp/BILDE/status ;
      tmpwait=0;
     fi;
    done;
    rm /tmp/tmpwait ;
   fi;
  fi;
  expr $num + 1 >/tmp/A ;
  num=`cat /tmp/A` ; rm /tmp/A;
 done;
 rm /tmp/presets ;
 rm /tmp/canptz ;
 # batch ftp all the pictures from this round
 sftpclient -L -m 10.0.0.1 -k /tmp/BILDE -c \
  /var/www/pictures/c2 -u web -w P2SsW1Rd -t \
  /var/www/pictures/c2/temp_c2.jpg ;
fi;