Command Line Interface

camguard

A motion sensor controlled home surveillance system

usage: camguard [-h] [--version] [-l {INFO,DEBUG,WARN,ERROR,CRITICAL}]
                [-c CONFIG_PATH] [--daemonize] [--detach]

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--version

show program’s version number and exit

-l {INFO,DEBUG,WARN,ERROR,CRITICAL}

Define custom log level

-c <config_path>

Define custom config path, ‘~’ and env variables will be resolved, file name is ‘settings.yaml’.

--daemonize

Run camguard as a unix daemon

--detach

Detach process from current terminal to run in the background as a daemon. Therefore this is only useful when combined with –daemonize. Redundant if the process is started by the init system (sys-v, systemd, …)