Exporting your ROS Package for Submission¶

When it comes to submission time, it's important that you follow the steps below carefully to create an archive of your ROS package correctly. We recommend that you do this from WSL-ROS, or your own local ROS installation, rather than one of the Robotics Laptops.

First, run the following command, which will create a folder in your home directory called myrosdata (if it doesn't already exist):
```
mkdir -p ~/myrosdata/
```
Then, navigate to your catkin_ws/src directory:
```
roscd && cd ../src/
```
Use the tar command to create an archive of your team's package:
```
tar -cvf ~/myrosdata/com2009_team{}.tar com2009_team{}
```
... replacing {} with your own team number, of course!

This will create a .tar archive of your package in the ~/myrosdata folder.
If you're using WSL-ROS (or any other WSL-based ROS installation) then you can then access this from the Windows File Explorer. In the terminal enter the following command:
```
cd ~/myrosdata/ && explorer.exe .
```
An Explorer window should open, and in there you should see the com2009_team{}.tar file that you just created. Copy and paste this to somewhere convenient on your machine.
Submit this .tar file to the appropriate submission portal on Blackboard.