From 5b601ed52c0d2e19eab5b928a4f8376eee8a799f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval <baltakatei@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 23:36:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(bkgpslog):Implement buffer for saving gpspipe stream

---
 exec/bkgpslog | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exec/bkgpslog b/exec/bkgpslog
index 22f558b..2b24c90 100755
--- a/exec/bkgpslog
+++ b/exec/bkgpslog
@@ -238,14 +238,20 @@ main() {
 	scriptTTL="60"; #DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG	
         
 	# Determine buffer lifespan
-	bufferTTL="15";
+	#bufferTTL="60";
+	bufferTTL="15"; #DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG
 
-	# Record gps data until life ends
+	# Record gps data until script lifespan ends
 	declare debugCounter; debugCounter="0"
 	while [[ "$SECONDS" -lt "$scriptTTL" ]]; do
 	    ((debugCounter++))
-	    timeout "$bufferTTL""s" gpspipe -r 1>> "$DIROUT"/"$FILEOUT_NMEA""$debugCounter"
+	    # Fill buffer
+	    buffer="$(timeout "$bufferTTL""s" gpspipe -r)"; # Record gpspipe nmea data to $buffer for bufferTTL seconds
+	    # Save buffer
+	    echo "$buffer" >> "$DIROUT"/"$FILEOUT_NMEA""$debugCounter"
 	    vbm "DEBUG:Completed buffer session $debugCounter" 1>&2;
+	    # Reset buffer
+	    unset buffer
 	done
     fi
 } # Main function.
-- 
2.30.2