System information

Introduction
Axis Communications AB provides NO support for application development of any kind. The information
here is provided "as is", and there is no guarantee that any of the examples shown will work in your
particular application.
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1 Introduction
This document is intended as a guide for application developers and describes how to use
scripting in Axis Network Cameras and Video Servers. The reader is presumed to have prior
knowledge of shell scripting, and also of Linux/Linux systems in general.
The document provides numerous examples of ready-made scripts that were written for the most
common applications. These scripts can be used for your own purposes, after making the
changes required by your particular application.
IMPORTANT NOTICES!
Axis Communications AB provides no guarantee that any of the examples shown in
this document will work for any particular application.
Axis Communications AB cannot and will not be held liable for any damage
inflicted to any device as a result of the examples or instructions mentioned in this
document.
Axis Communications AB reserves the right to make changes to this document
without prior notice.
Please bear in mind that the flash chip manufacturer estimates the number of writes
to the flash chips to about 100,000. Writing a lot of temporary files to the flash
memory should thus be avoided. Use the ram disk mounted on /tmp instead.