From 64405e3a0b0e3d227b2880dca9b2e67757bdd218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David <ds0196@uah.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:56:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: start rosbag on boot

---
 auto_start/start_rosbag.sh   | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 systemd/astra_rosbag.service | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 auto_start/start_rosbag.sh
 create mode 100644 systemd/astra_rosbag.service

diff --git a/auto_start/start_rosbag.sh b/auto_start/start_rosbag.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d659f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auto_start/start_rosbag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ANCHOR_WS="/home/clucky/rover-ros2"
+AUTONOMY_WS="/home/clucky/rover-Autonomy"
+BAG_LOCATION="/home/clucky/bags/autostart"
+
+# Wait for a network interface to be up (not necessarily online)
+while ! ip link show | grep -q "state UP"; do
+    echo "[INFO] Waiting for active network interface..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "[INFO] Network interface is up!"
+
+
+source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
+source $ANCHOR_WS/install/setup.bash
+[ -f $AUTONOMY_WS/install/setup.bash ] && source $AUTONOMY_WS/install/setup.bash
+
+cd $BAG_LOCATION
+
+ros2 bag record -a
diff --git a/systemd/astra_rosbag.service b/systemd/astra_rosbag.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df34176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/astra_rosbag.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Record a rosbag on boot to /home/clucky/bags/
+After=systemd-user-sessions.service
+Requires=systemd-user-sessions.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/home/clucky/rover-ros2/auto_start/start_rosbag.sh
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+User=clucky
+Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target