Path defaults for log file and image directory

The log file and images created byt the email_time_lapse app
default to creating them in the CWD.

.gitignore

@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # images
 *.jpg
+
+# ripgrep
+.ignore

apps/email_time_lapse.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
 
     builder = rca.emails.HtmlImageBody(args.to, args.gmail, "Greetings!")
 
-    def send_callback(images: list[str]) -> None:
+    def send_callback(images: list[Path]) -> None:
         """
         Callback function for TimeLapseCapture that sends the images in an email
         """
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ def send_callback(images: list[str]) -> None:
         "-f",
         type=Path,
         help="Provide directory to temporarily store photos (ex. /home/pi/Pictures/)",
-        default="./",
+        default=Path.cwd(),
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-logfile",
         "-lf",
         type=Path,
         help="Provide path to file for writing logs (ex. /home/pi/log.txt)",
-        default=None,
+        default=Path.cwd() / "email_time_lapse_log.txt",
         required=False,
     )
 

rca/camera/time_lapse.py

@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@ def sync_capture(self, callback: Callable[[list[Path]], None]) -> None:
             camera.start()
             try:
                 camera.start_and_capture_files(
-                    f"{self.image_folder / 'img{{:d}}.jpg'}",
+                    str(self.image_folder / "time_lapse_capture_img{:d}.jpg"),
                     initial_delay=5,
                     delay=self.capture_delay,
                     num_files=self.image_count,
+                    # show_preview=False,
                 )
                 if callable(callback):
-                    file_list: list[Path] = [self.image_folder / f"img{x}.jpg" for x in range(0, self.image_count)]
+                    file_list: list[Path] = [
+                        self.image_folder / f"time_lapse_capture_img{x}.jpg" for x in range(0, self.image_count)
+                    ]
                     callback(file_list)
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Encountered an error capturing images")

rca/logger.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def create_rca_logger(log_level: int = logging.DEBUG, log_file: Optional[Path] =
     if log_file is not None:
         file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file)
         file_handler.setLevel(log_level)
-        formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+        formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s")
         file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
         logger.addHandler(file_handler)