Difference between revisions of "ROS Hood Teleop Script"

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== References ==
 
== References ==
  
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* [http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials/Roslaunch%20tips%20for%20larger%20projects ROS Launch] Replace scripts with launch files??? TBD
 
* [http://askubuntu.com/questions/420981/how-do-i-save-terminal-output-to-a-file Redirect Output to File]
 
* [http://askubuntu.com/questions/420981/how-do-i-save-terminal-output-to-a-file Redirect Output to File]
 
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160924/how-can-i-kill-a-process-by-name-instead-of-pid Kill Process by Name (pattern)]
 
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160924/how-can-i-kill-a-process-by-name-instead-of-pid Kill Process by Name (pattern)]
 
* [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man7/signal.7.html Ubuntu Signals]
 
* [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man7/signal.7.html Ubuntu Signals]

Revision as of 13:53, 30 December 2015

Script

 #!/bin/bash
 
 DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%dT%H%M')       
 LOGDIR=~/log
 
 case "$1" in
 
 start)
   echo START
   roscore > $LOGDIR/roscore$DATE.log &
   sleep 5
   pgrep -a roscore
   rosrun phidgets motor_control_hc > $LOGDIR/motors$DATE.log &
   sleep 5
   pgrep -a motor_control
   ;;
 
 stop)
   echo STOP
   killall -SIGINT motor_control_hc
   killall -SIGINT roscore
   killall -SIGINT rosmaster
   ;;
 esac
 
 echo DONE

Notes

  • "motor_control_hc" is too long for a pgrep pattern. Didn't see that coming.
  • A kill -9 (SIGKILL) will not dump output buffers. SIGINT (interrupt form keyboard) will.
  • Open - flush output as it is generated.
  • Sleeps are required to ensure that the new process initialized before steps that depend on it are executed.

References