Re: No able to use "--delete-all-files" from python from RPi

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 03:19:43PM -0700, citterly wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm hobbiest and just learning python as part of making a 3d scanner. My
> code to operate the stepper motor is sorted and working well and I almost
> have all my camera operations done too. I've had success with the functions
> --> --trigger-capture  --get-all-files  
> Code as follows:
>     call(["gphoto2", "--trigger-capture")
>     call(["gphoto2", "--get-all-files")
> 
> The problem I'm having is using the --delete-all-files function from the
> python code.
> When using the command line, the following executes successfully:
> gphoto2 --delete-all-files --folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/101D3400'
> 
> Although, when executing the following:
>     call(["gphoto2", "--delete-all-files", "--folder
> '/store_00010001/DCIM/101D3400'"])
> 
> It just skips that line of code and the files remain on the SD card.
> My camera is a Nikon D3400.

You probably need to pass the folder parameter as two parameters, like e.g. this:

call(["gphoto2", "--delete-all-files", "--folder", "/store_00010001/DCIM/101D3400"])

or as one but with = sign:

call(["gphoto2", "--delete-all-files", "--folder=/store_00010001/DCIM/101D3400"])

Ciao, Marcus

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