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ROS and Syslog

asked 2021-02-12 04:55:00 -0500

Harald gravatar image

Hi I have a ROS node which uses ROS_INFO and ROS_ERROR for outputs for the user. Now I must send the same messages also to syslog. So my question is if there is a easy way to send a ROS_ERROR message at the same time to the stdout and to syslog. Or is it necessary to copy the ROS_INFO lines and usw syslog?!

best regards Harald

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answered 2021-03-15 17:23:40 -0500

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updated 2021-03-16 08:43:13 -0500

I found #q229966 related.

rosconsole is the logger in ROS that logs via log4xx that provides Syslog Appender, an option to log to syslog.

Another thing I can think of, which is totally up to your application design so is not a generic answer though, is that if your application that runs via system level facitlity, then that technology in use might have a way to log to syslog. Examples: On Ubuntu, an application that runs as systemd service logs using jornalctl that connects to rsyslogd. So all rosconsole output will eventually be logged to syslog file (I'm not entirely sure if the pipeline I described is accurate so please correct me if I'm wrong).

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