IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

[Nigel King]

I have a problem with the logging module.

It reports a Broken Pipe error after outputing to the log file 
occasionally (5%). This does not appear to happen on Mac OSX using 
current finked python (2.3.3) but does appear to occur on Python 2.3.4 
running on a very old Redhat Linux xxxxx 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 
21:07:39 EST 2000 i686. The actual logged error follows my signature. 
Note that "files used:-" has been sent to the file.

 From a previous suggestion I had the following lines in my logger setup.

import logging
import signal
import types
logger = logging.getLogger('pathprofile')
hdlr = logging.FileHandler('/var/log/pathprofile/pathprofile.log')
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(hdlr)
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL) # for assynchronous 
logging

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Nigel King

2004-09-27 08:15:24,864 INFO files used:-
2004-09-27 08:15:24,865 ERROR [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/pathprofile/public_html/PathProfile/ProcessEmail.py", 
line 42, in ?
     emod.processEmail(conf)
   File 
"/home/pathprofile/public_html/PathProfile/modules/emailmodules.py", 
line 253, in processEmail
     PathProfile.EvaluateProfile(fld, conf)
   File 
"/home/pathprofile/public_html/PathProfile/modules/PathProfile.py", 
line 66, in EvaluateProfile
     remoteheight= fld['remoteheight'])
   File 
"/home/pathprofile/public_html/PathProfile/modules/HeightFile.py", line 
680, in createPathFile
     filesUsed()
   File 
"/home/pathprofile/public_html/PathProfile/modules/HeightFile.py", line 
637, in filesUsed
     log.logger.info('files used:-')
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 893, in info
     apply(self._log, (INFO, msg, args), kwargs)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 994, in _log
     self.handle(record)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 1004, in 
handle
     self.callHandlers(record)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 1037, in 
callHandlers
     hdlr.handle(record)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 592, in 
handle
     self.emit(record)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 684, in emit
     self.handleError(record)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/logging/__init__.py", line 636, in 
handleError
     traceback.print_exception(ei[0], ei[1], ei[2], None, sys.stderr)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/traceback.py", line 122, in 
print_exception
     _print(file, 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/traceback.py", line 13, in _print
     file.write(str+terminator)
IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe