cd to MTP device in bash shell?

eco_bach · 12-07-2016, 03:41 PM

Hi
Have successfully mounted an MTP device on the desktop in Ubuntu and have figured out where the mount point is.

But when I navigate to where the device is mounted in the BASH shell what I see is something similar to

Code:

mtp:host=%5Busb%sldfnsdlfnsddasfdad%5D

Is there any way to navigate to this device(a camera)?

My goal is to copy media from the camera to the desktop using BASH commands.

BW-userx · 12-07-2016, 04:12 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
Whereas PTP was designed for downloading photographs from digital cameras,

1>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...sh-4175594970/

2>
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...tu-4175594971/

this is your 3rd post pertaining to the same issue ... stop jumping around.

Habitual · 12-07-2016, 05:16 PM

my bad. Sorry.

eco_bach · 12-08-2016, 10:10 AM

yes. read the wiki quite a while ago.
Unfortunately doesn't answer my question

BW-userx · 12-08-2016, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eco_bach

yes. read the wiki quite a while ago.
Unfortunately doesn't answer my question

well if ptp is for camera why you trying mpt?

did you try blkid after you hooked up your camera to see if it shows an address to it also?

try looking in /run or wherever that software you installed mounts the camera? see if you can find a directory you know was not there before you did this?

did you try this even?

Code:

sudo find / -iname mpt*

by what means did you mount it mpt? a 3rd party install or with whatever Ubuntututu had it in already?

and I do not have a camera to try this and that is all I can come up with at this moment. without more information.

BW-userx · 12-08-2016, 10:45 AM

if you did this off your other post, that you should have kept all in one post to deal with this same problem.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...tu-4175594971/

it says in here you may have used libmtp9

this is the documentation on it. go through it and I hope you get it up and running. it looks like file manager should work, but look towards the bottom about mounting it and adding ...

well here is the link

https://sourceforge.net/p/libmtp/cod...AD/tree/README

Quote:

Here is what some people do:

1. Plug in the device.
2. USB-mass storage folder will open automatically.
3. Unmount the device.
4. Run mtp-detect. It will most likely fail the first time.
5. Run mtp-detect again, it might work this time, or fail. Keep running
till it works. 99% it works by the third try.
6. Once mtp-detect gives you an "Ok", open either Rhythmbox or Gnomad2,
everything should work.

Linux: Try this, if you have a recent Linux kernel,
add the file (as root):

/etc/modprobe.d/no-usb-storage.conf

I am not saying that is what you need to do. only that it is within that README for libmtp9

michaelk · 12-08-2016, 12:31 PM

I assume that nautilus or other file browser is "mounting" the camera using its gvfs-mtp virtual filesystem. Although it appears that you can access the device via its mount point I don't think it is possible to use it in the CLI. There are similar fuse filesystem types i.e. fusemtpfs and go-mtpfs where you can "mount" the camera via the CLI however, I would try using gphoto2 first.

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Gphoto2

eco_bach · 12-08-2016, 01:27 PM

OP
Ok, thanks for the feedback. Not a simple problem for a novice like me. Further digging have the solution and wanted to share so others may benefit!

I needed 3 additional packages not already installed
sudo apt-get install libmtp-dev mtp-tools mtpfs

mtp-detect then displays a LOT of info about the MTP device

Then ran mtp-connect followed by mtp-folders to display folders with their ID

mtp-files displays files/folders with their ID

Then use mtp-getfile to copy files by their ID

My one remaining issue is how to reset the file ID since every time I delete the file the ID seems to increment by 1. I need the file ID to remain consistent