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#   A very short guide to using the gphoto2 command line interface     #
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1. Overview
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The command line interface is named gphoto2 and is installed into your
${prefix}/bin directory.

When you run gphoto2, you have to specify a command to execute and
some options that describe how to execute it.

For detailed instructions on how to operate gphoto2, e.g. with serial
cameras, see 

      http://www.gphoto.org/gphoto2/cli.html


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2. Some quick operations
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Some basic commands:

gphoto2 --help
gphoto2 --list-ports
gphoto2 --list-cameras

For USB cameras:

gphoto2 --port usb: --auto-detect
gphoto2 --port usb: --summary
gphoto2 --port usb: --list-files
gphoto2 --port usb: --get-image 12-35
gphoto2 --port usb: --get-all-images

For detailed instructions on how to operate gphoto2, e.g. with serial
cameras, see 

      http://www.gphoto.org/gphoto2/cli.html