ROS Hood Teleop Script

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.

References

• Redirect Output to File
• Kill Process by Name (pattern)
• Ubuntu Signals