Log files are given base name `python3....` instead of node name

[Russ]

Bug report

Python node log files do not seem to be naming themselves with node name.

Related: ros2/rosbag2#1212

Required Info:

• Operating System:
  • Ubuntu 22.04
• Installation type:
  • debs
• Version or commit hash:
  • ros-iron-rclpy/jammy,now 4.1.3-1jammy.20230908.172649 amd64 [installed,automatic]
• DDS implementation:
• Client library (if applicable):
  • rclpy rclcpp ros2cli

Steps to reproduce issue

$ russ @ kalesmoothie in ~ [15:25:39]
↳ rm -rf ~/.ros/log/*
zsh: sure you want to delete more than 100 files in /home/russ/.ros/log [yn]? y

$ russ @ kalesmoothie in ~ [15:26:20]
↳ source /opt/ros/iron/setup.zsh 

$ russ @ kalesmoothie in ~ [15:26:50]
↳ ros2 bag record --all
[INFO] [1675225614.830445834] [rosbag2_recorder]: Press SPACE for pausing/resuming
[INFO] [1675225614.833532621] [rosbag2_storage]: Opened database 'rosbag2_2023_02_01-15_26_54/rosbag2_2023_02_01-15_26_54_0.db3' for READ_WRITE.
[INFO] [1675225614.833842246] [rosbag2_recorder]: Event publisher thread: Starting
[INFO] [1675225614.835087643] [rosbag2_recorder]: Listening for topics...
[INFO] [1675225614.836427656] [rosbag2_recorder]: Subscribed to topic '/rosout'
[INFO] [1675225614.836970741] [rosbag2_recorder]: Subscribed to topic '/events/write_split'
[INFO] [1675225619.656144904] [rclcpp]: signal_handler(signum=2)
[INFO] [1675225619.749181886] [rosbag2_recorder]: Event publisher thread: Exiting
[INFO] [1675225619.851948745] [rosbag2_cpp]: Writing remaining messages from cache to the bag. It may take a while

$ russ @ kalesmoothie in ~ [15:26:59]
↳ ls ~/.ros/log/                  
 python3_2730488_1675225614806.log

$ russ @ kalesmoothie in ~ [15:27:54]
↳ cat ~/.ros/log/python3_2730488_1675225614806.log 
[INFO] [1675225614.830445834] [rosbag2_recorder]: Press SPACE for pausing/resuming
[INFO] [1675225614.833532621] [rosbag2_storage]: Opened database 'rosbag2_2023_02_01-15_26_54/rosbag2_2023_02_01-15_26_54_0.db3' for READ_WRITE.
[INFO] [1675225614.833842246] [rosbag2_recorder]: Event publisher thread: Starting
[INFO] [1675225614.835087643] [rosbag2_recorder]: Listening for topics...
[INFO] [1675225614.836427656] [rosbag2_recorder]: Subscribed to topic '/rosout'
[INFO] [1675225614.836970741] [rosbag2_recorder]: Subscribed to topic '/events/write_split'
[INFO] [1675225619.656144904] [rclcpp]: signal_handler(signum=2)

Expected behavior

Log file name would be rosbag2_recorder_2730488_1675225614806.log

Actual behavior

File name is python3_2730488_1675225614806.log

[Tomoya Fujita]

this is unknown issue with ros2/ros2cli#856, this is not related to rclpy. please see more details for ros2/ros2cli#856 (comment)

[Russ]

this is unknown issue with ros2/ros2cli#856, this is not related to rclpy. please see more details for ros2/ros2cli#856 (comment)

Thanks for the link. I thought it was more than just ros2cli because a number of other nodes seem to have the similar file naming. I will have to investigate more.

[Shane Loretz]

Thank you for the report! I'm going to close it as a duplicate of ros2/ros2cli#856