Python, Choose Logging Files' Directory
I Am Using the Python Logging Library and Want to Choose the Folder Where the Log Files Will Be Written. for the Moment, I Made an Instance of...
I am using the Python logging library and want to choose the folder where the log files will be written.
For the moment, I made an instance of TimedRotatingFileHandler with the entry parameter filename="myLogFile.log" . This way myLogFile.log is created on the same folder than my python script. I want to create it into another folder.
How could I create myLogFile.log into , let's say, the Desktop folder?
Thanks, Matias
4 Answers
Simple give a different filename like filename=r"C:\User\Matias\Desktop\myLogFile.log
Let's say logs directory is in the parent directory of the current directory then you can use below 2 lines, to provide that location irrespective of the underlying os.
import os
log_dir = os.path.join(os.path.normpath(os.getcwd() + os.sep + os.pardir), 'logs')
log_fname = os.path.join(log_dir, 'log_file_name.log')
Specify an absolute path when creating instance TimedRotatingFileHandler:
from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
h = TimedRotatingFileHandler('/home/user/Desktop/myLogFile.log')
or
from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
h = TimedRotatingFileHandler('C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\myLogFile.log')
This is how I soleved it in linux.
# log_cfg.yaml
handlers:
file_handlers:
...
filename = log//error.log
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