Separate output for log file and stdout

[amit.uttam at gmail.com]

On May 16, 6:37 pm, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-s... at benfinney.id.au>
wrote:
> amit.ut... at gmail.com writes:
> > I've recently jumped big time into python and I'm working on a
> > software program for testing automation.
>
> Welcome, to both fields :-)
>

Thanks! I am having a great time learning and coding in python. It's
an amazing programming language.

> > I had a question about proper logging of output. What I would like
> > is:
>
> >  1. a function syslog (to log output to log file only)
> >  2. a function stdout (to log output to stdout only)
> >  3. a function sslog (to log output to both log and stdout)
>
> > Right now I am using StandOut module
>
> Have you investigated the 'logging' module in the Python standard
> library <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-logging>? It appears
> to meet your listed requirements, without need of external
> dependencies.

Hmm..Yeah I didn't realize python had its own standard logging
facility. I took a look at it and it seems to do the job. However, the
output seems to be syslog style output. In the program I am writing,
the log file stores all the output of the commands being run (e.g. tcl
scripts, etc). Will this be possible using the built in python logging
module?

Thanks,
Amit