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How to write to a text file in python in a ROS node?

asked 2016-06-01 10:20:23 -0600

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lucasw

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I need to record a topic message called "message" only when a "message sent" button is pressed. I have made a separate node for GUI that has "message sent" button. I also wrote the "message" topic to a text file when "message sent" button was activated. The program works fine when this node is run separately, it also writes the message to the designated text file. But when I run this node along with other nodes by including it in a launch file, the text file does not seem to be created. Is there any specific reason for this to happen? How can this problem be solved?

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answered 2016-06-01 10:43:35 -0600

Thomas D

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When using roslaunch the nodes are run from $ROS_HOME which is almost always ~/.ros. So, if you are writing x.txt you should be able to find it at ~/.ros/x.txt.

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