Hi Thanks for the reply.
I will send it in when I am done :-) Simon Forman wrote: > ChaosKCW wrote: > > Hi > > > > Has anyone caputerd the output from the std ftp lib? It seems a bit > > annoying that everything is printed to stdout. It means incorporating > > this into any real program is a problem. It would have been much better > > if they used the std logging module and hooked up a console logger for > > the feault ftp application. Alas it isnt that way. > > > > Capturing stdout like this??? : > > > > import sys > > > > sys.stdout = open('bb', 'w) > > > > But I want to re-route it to the logging module not a file , so do I > > need to write a steam object? > > > > Thanks, > > ftplib pre-dates the standard logging system by a bit. > > I think ftplib only prints stuff if you set its (the FTP class > instances') debug level to greater than 0. > > If you really want to replace sys.stdout with something that passes the > data to a logger, then something like the following (untested) class > should do it: > > class FileLog: > def __init__(self, log): > self.log = log > def write(self, data): > self.log.debug(data) > > The best solution might be to subclass or rewrite FTP to really do what > you want. I believe one of the goals of Python-3000 is better > integration of the standard library with the new-ish standard logging > system, so if you do a good job send it in. ;-) > > Peace, > ~Simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list