FTP (ftplib) output capture

[ChaosKCW]

Hi

Thanks for the reply.

I will send it in when I am done :-)


Simon Forman wrote:
> ChaosKCW wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Has anyone caputerd the output from the std ftp lib? It seems a bit
> > annoying that everything is printed to stdout. It means incorporating
> > this into any real program is a problem. It would have been much better
> > if they used the std logging module and hooked up a console logger for
> > the feault ftp application. Alas it isnt that way.
> >
> > Capturing stdout like this??? :
> >
> > import sys
> >
> > sys.stdout = open('bb', 'w)
> >
> > But I want to re-route it to the logging module not a file , so do I
> > need to write a steam object?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> ftplib pre-dates the standard logging system by a bit.
>
> I think ftplib only prints stuff if you set its (the FTP class
> instances') debug level to greater than 0.
>
> If you really want to replace sys.stdout with something that passes the
> data to a logger, then something like the following (untested) class
> should do it:
>
> class FileLog:
>     def __init__(self, log):
>         self.log = log
>     def write(self, data):
>         self.log.debug(data)
>
> The best solution might be to subclass or rewrite FTP to really do what
> you want.  I believe one of the goals of Python-3000 is better
> integration of the standard library with the new-ish standard logging
> system, so if you do a good job send it in.  ;-)
> 
> Peace,
> ~Simon