NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       sane-gphoto2 - SANE backend for gphoto2 supported cameras

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  sane-gphoto2  library  implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
       backend that provides  access  to  the  digital	cameras  supported  by
       gphoto2.  THIS IS EXTREMELY ALPHA CODE!	USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

DEVICE NAMES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  current  version  of the backend only allows one camera to be connected.
	The device name is always "0".

CONFIGURATION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The contents of the gphoto2.conf specify  the  characteristics  of  the
       camera  to be used.   Resolutions (high resolution, low resolution, and
       thumbnail size) are required since they are needed by  the  sane  frontends,
  but  can't  be  obtained  through the gphoto2 interface.  Valid
       ports and cameras can  be  obtained  by	"gphoto2  --list-cameras"  and
       "gphoto2 --list-ports".

       The  dumpinquiry  line  causes  some information about the camera to be
       printed.

       Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark	(#)  are  ignored.   A
       sample configuration file is shown below:

       The  "topfolder" line specifies the "fixed" part of the file path.  For
       example, on the	Kodak  DC-240,	files  are  stored  in	the  directory
       /DCIM/100DC240.	 The  /DCIM  portion  is  constant,  but 100DC240 will
       change and must be read from the camers.  In this case, the line  would
       read "topfolder=/DCIM"

       Some cameras don't implement a file structure and store all pictures in
       the "/" directory.  This is indicated by setting "subdirs=0" with "topfolder=/"

	      port=usb:
	      camera=Kodak DC240
	      # this is a comment
	      high_resolution=1280x960
	      low_resolution=640x480
	      thumb_resolution=160x120
	      dumpinquiry

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /etc/sane.d/gphoto2.conf
	      The   backend   configuration  file  (see  also  description  of
	      SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/lib/sane/libsane-gphoto2.a
	      The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/lib/sane/libsane-gphoto2.so
	      The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems
	      that support dynamic loading).

ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]

       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
	      This environment variable specifies the list of directories that
	      may contain the configuration file.  Under UNIX, the directories
	      are  separated  by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
	      by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the configuration
  file is searched in two default directories: first, the
	      current working directory (".") and then in /etc/sane.d.	If the
	      value  of the environment variable ends with the directory separator
 character, then the default directories are searched after
	      the  explicitly  specified  directories.	 For  example, setting
	      SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would  result  in  directories
	      "tmp/config",  ".",  and	"/etc/sane.d"  being searched (in this
	      order).

       SANE_DEBUG_GPHOTO2    [Toc]    [Back]
	      If the library was compiled with debugging support enabled, this
	      environment  variable controls the debug level for this backend.
	      A value of 128 requests maximally copious debug output;  smaller
	      levels reduce verbosity.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       sane(7)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Peter S. Fales


       The manpage was largeley copied from the dc210 manpage.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Many.

       More  general  comments,  suggestions, and inquiries about frontends or
       SANE  should  go   to   the   SANE   Developers	 mailing   list   (see
       http://www.mostang.com/sane/mail.html  for  details).  You must be subscribed
 to the list, otherwise your mail won't  be  sent  to  the  subscribers.





			       04 September 2001	       sane-gphoto2(5)