Robotics Logger

Asynchronous Logging System for Space Concordia Robotics Division

Accessing Log Files

The logger saves files to datestamped files at ~/.config/rover/logs/[date].[name].log

Using the Logger

You must include the logger from roboticslogger and multiprocessing

from roboticslogger.logger import Logger
from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe

Then create an instance of the logger

myLogger = Logger()

Create a parent and child communication pipe

parent_conn, child_conn = Pipe()

Create a process, link it to the logger instance run function and start it

p = Process(target=myLogger.run, args=(child_conn,))
p.start()

This is how you send messages to the logger

parent_conn.send(["info", "wtf"])
parent_conn.send(["warn", "maybe"])
parent_conn.send(["crit", "yea"])
parent_conn.send(["err", "wat"])

This is how you close the logger

parent_conn.send(["done"])

The logger loop then ends, the logger shuts down and the pipe is closed. You don't need to close the connection each time you send a message.

TODO: Optional simultaneous output to stdout