[FSO/SHR/debian] SMS location app

[Michal Brzozowski]

2008/12/25 Angus Ainslie <angus.ainslie at gmail.com>

> I've started an app to help find lost or borrowed Freerunners. It
> watches for specially formatted SMSs and when it sees the right one it
> SMSs back its location.
>
> Put [1] in /usr/bin/
> Put [2] int /etc/init.d/
>
> chmod +x /etc/init.d/sms-sentry.sh
> ln -s /etc/init.d/sms-sentry /etc/rc5.d/S99sms-sentry
> reboot
>
> Now whenever you text "sentry:location" to your Freerunner it will
> return its lat and lan ( and altitude if available ). It may take
> minutes for the return SMS if the GPS is not active when the incoming
> SMS arrives.


It would be useful to have some authentication too.
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