monitor.sh

#!/bin/sh

#---------------------------------
# This is a sister-script for the
# scanner-record.sh script.
# https://pastebin.com/8vygm3wM
# It will watch for new recordings
# and by default beep then play
# the recording.
# You can change that to make it
# email the recordings to you,
# upload them someplace else,
# or whatever else you want to do.
#---------------------------------
# Phillip J Rhoades (HowToPhil)
# 2023-03-05
#---------------------------------

#---------------------------------
# Define variable(s) to control
# how script functions
#---------------------------------
THEDIR="./record"

#---------------------------------
# Time for the script to start
# doing things!
#---------------------------------
echo "Begin monitoring the folder for new recordings!"

#---------------------------------
# Wait for a new file to appear
# in the directory.
#---------------------------------
inotifywait -q -m -r -e create --format '%w%f' "${THEDIR}" | while read THEFILE
do
    #---------------------------------
    # Do this when a file is created
    #---------------------------------
    # Wait for the file to close so
    # we can play it, move it, email
    # it, or do whatever else we
    # want.
    #---------------------------------
    inotifywait -q -e close_write "$THEFILE"
    echo "New recording: $THEFILE"

    #---------------------------------
    # This will beep at us, in case
    # we don't want the file to play
    # but we want to know a file has
    # been created or we want a tone
    # to get oru attention before the
    # recording plays.
    #---------------------------------
    play -V1 -n -c1 synth .3 sine 200
    #---------------------------------
    # Play the file so we can hear
    # what just came into the scanner.
    #---------------------------------
    play "$THEFILE"
    echo
    echo "->Monitoring the folder for the next new recording!"
done