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raspi2raspi

Program to copy from one Raspberry Pi display to another Raspberry Pi display.

usage

raspi2raspi <options>

--daemon - start in the background as a daemon
--source <number> - Raspberry Pi display number (default 0)
--destination <number> - Raspberry Pi display number (default 5)
--fps <fps> - set desired frames per second (default 10 frames per second)
--layer <number> - layer number (default 1)
--pidfile <pidfile> - create and lock PID file (if being run as a daemon)
--help - print usage and exit

build prerequisites

cmake

You will need to install cmake

sudo apt-get install cmake

libraries

You will need to install libbsd-dev

sudo apt-get install libbsd-dev

build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

#install

Raspian Wheezy

sudo make install
sudo cp ../raspi2raspi.init.d /etc/init.d/raspi2raspi
sudo update-rc.d raspi2raspi defaults
sudo service raspi2raspi start

Raspian Jessie

sudo make install
sudo cp ../raspi2raspi.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable raspi2raspi.service
sudo systemctl start raspi2raspi

#uninstall

Raspian Wheezy

sudo service raspi2raspi stop
sudo update-rc.d -f raspi2raspi remove
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/raspi2raspi
sudo rm /etc/init.d/raspi2raspi

Raspian Jessie

sudo systemctl stop raspi2raspi
sudo systemctl disable raspi2raspi.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/raspi2raspi.service
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/raspi2raspi