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Hi Sonictl,

I find the easiest way to handle this kind of file IO from ROS is to use rosbags. Very easy to use and you can save and load ros msgs without the need for parsing etc. Have a look at the rosbag cookbook and the rosbag code API for some examples on how to use it.

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