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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst index 143916f..bb80a7f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst @@ -74,14 +74,25 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in .. versionadded:: 3.2 -.. function:: fileConfig(fname[, defaults]) +.. function:: fileConfig(fname, defaults=None, disable_existing_loggers=True) - Reads the logging configuration from a :mod:`configparser`\-format file named - *fname*. This function can be called several times from an application, - allowing an end user to select from various pre-canned + Reads the logging configuration from a :mod:`configparser`\-format file + named *fname*. This function can be called several times from an + application, allowing an end user to select from various pre-canned configurations (if the developer provides a mechanism to present the choices - and load the chosen configuration). Defaults to be passed to the ConfigParser - can be specified in the *defaults* argument. + and load the chosen configuration). + + :param defaults: Defaults to be passed to the ConfigParser can be specified + in this argument. + + :param disable_existing_loggers: If specified as ``False``, loggers which + exist when this call is made are left + alone. The default is ``True`` because this + enables old behaviour in a backward- + compatible way. This behaviour is to + disable any existing loggers unless they or + their ancestors are explicitly named in the + logging configuration. .. function:: listen(port=DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT) |