On May 16, 6:37 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I've recently jumped big time into python and I'm working on a > > software program for testing automation. > > Welcome, to both fields :-) >
Thanks! I am having a great time learning and coding in python. It's an amazing programming language. > > I had a question about proper logging of output. What I would like > > is: > > > 1. a function syslog (to log output to log file only) > > 2. a function stdout (to log output to stdout only) > > 3. a function sslog (to log output to both log and stdout) > > > Right now I am using StandOut module > > Have you investigated the 'logging' module in the Python standard > library <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-logging>? It appears > to meet your listed requirements, without need of external > dependencies. Hmm..Yeah I didn't realize python had its own standard logging facility. I took a look at it and it seems to do the job. However, the output seems to be syslog style output. In the program I am writing, the log file stores all the output of the commands being run (e.g. tcl scripts, etc). Will this be possible using the built in python logging module? Thanks, Amit -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
