---
name: "eyefiserver.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "eyefiserver"
version: "2.4+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/eyefiserver.conf"
---

# eyefiserver.conf(5)

Settings file for eyefiserver

## NAME

**eyefiserver.conf** - Settings file for eyefiserver

## DESCRIPTION

**/etc/eyefiserver.conf is organised in sections whose name are enclosed in** **brackets.**

**The global section is named \[EyeFiServer\]. The names of the other optional** **sections are the MAC address of the Eye-Fi card. The mac address must be in** **lower case and without dashes. For example, if your card has a MAC address** **00-18-56-50-EF-F9, the section should be named \[00185650eff9\].**

**All keys described bellow are searched first in the section specific to the** **Eye-Fi card, then, if not found, it is search in the global \[EyeFiServer\]** **section. This means you can set up a global default value, then override it** **for a few specific cards.**

**You don't need card specific section at all if you have only one Eye-Fi card.**

**There is only one compulsory key, the upload\_key. See bellow.**

## KEYS

- **loglevel**

  **This defines the verbosity of the server. Valid values are DEBUG, INFO,** **WARNING, ERROR and FATAL.**

  **Default value is DEBUG.**

  **This is the one exception to section behaviour as this key is only** **allowed in the \[EyeFiServer\] global section.**

- **upload\_key**

  **To use this script you need to have your Eye-Fi upload key.**

  **You can find it after configuring the card, which you can currently on do** **only on windows or mac.**

  **Windows: see** **C:\\Documents and Settings\\\<User\>\\Application Data\\Eye-Fi\\Settings.xml**

  **Mac: see ~/Applications Data/Eye-Fi/Settings.xml**

- **upload\_dir**

  **This is the location where the files from the Eye-Fi card will be put.**

  **Starting ~ will be replaced by user home directory.**

  **%X will be replaced by a datetime fragment according to python** **time.strftime format: For exemple, on January 1st 2013, running as** **www-data, upload\_dir=~/html/eyefi/%Y/%Y%m%d will put files in** **/var/www/html/eyefi/2013/20130101/.** **See http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime.**

  **Default value is ~/eyefi.**

- **complete\_execute**

  **Name of a command to be run after each file download.**

  **Example on Windows:**

  **complete\_execute=C:\\Windows\\system32\\mspaint.exe**

  **Example on Linux:**

  **complete\_execute=/usr/bin/display**

- **progress\_execute**

  **This parameter executes the specified command every few seconds while** **file is being received.**

  **Parameters of the called program:**

  **$1: the full file path of the temporary TAR file. Thumbnail can be** **extracted from the partial file.**

  **$2: final tar size in bytes**

  **$3: speed in bps**

- **use\_date\_from\_file**

  **This can be On or Off.**

  **upload\_dir key might contain variable parts such as %Y%m%d, that are** **replaced by the datetime values.**

  **If use\_date\_from\_file is On, the reference date will be the one the** **picture was taken rather than the transfer date.**

  **Default is Off.**

- **correct\_mtime**

  **This is only usefull is you activated use\_date\_from\_file. This can be On** **or Off.**

  **EyeFi puts local timestamp into its tarfile instead UTC, so extracted** **files get a wrong modification time.**

  **Default is On, so that this behaviour is corrected by default. You should** **not need to touch that value.**

- **integrity\_verification**

  **This can be On or Off.**

  **When turned Off, it disables file integrity checks. This used to be** **necessary when downloading large files, because the algorithm was so slow** **that timeout occurred. This should no longer be the case.**

  **Default value is On.**

## EXAMPLES

**Minimal example**

```
      [EyeFiServer]
      upload_key=774e46f14990456a9ab7b4d22f1da138
```

**Multicard example**

```
      [EyeFiServer]
      loglevel=INFO
      [00185650efe9]
      upload_key=774e46f14990456a9ab7b4d22f1da138
      upload_dir=/var/www/html/eyefi/%Y/card1/%Y%m%d
      [00185650efea]
      upload_key=11a3e229084349bc25d97e29393ced1d
      upload_dir=/var/www/html/eyefi/%Y/card2/%Y%m%d
```

**Progress meter, using a progress\_execute hook:**

```
      #!/bin/sh
      # That file is an example for progress_execute target
      # It requires X server access, run eyefiserver as a regular user
      FILENAME=$1
      TARGETSIZE=$2
      SPEED=$3
      notify-send -u low "Receiving $FILENAME" "Speed: $SPEED bps"
```

## AUTHORS

**eyefiserver was written by Jeffrey Tchang.**

**This manual page was written by Jean-Michel Nirgal Vourgère.**

## SEE ALSO

**[eyefiserver(1)](/eyefiserver/1.md)**