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diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst index 7f4fe3a..321c4bc 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ messages should not. Here's how you can achieve this:: logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s %(name)-12s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s', datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M', - filename='/temp/myapp.log', + filename='/tmp/myapp.log', filemode='w') # define a Handler which writes INFO messages or higher to the sys.stderr console = logging.StreamHandler() @@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ are sent to both destinations. This example uses console and file handlers, but you can use any number and combination of handlers you choose. +Note that the above choice of log filename ``/tmp/myapp.log`` implies use of a +standard location for temporary files on POSIX systems. On Windows, you may need to +choose a different directory name for the log - just ensure that the directory exists +and that you have the permissions to create and update files in it. + Configuration server example ---------------------------- |