os.system and loggers

[Tim]

On Jan 7, 11:24 am, Tim <jtim.arn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, I'm using a 3rd-party python program that uses the python logging
> facility and also makes calls to os.system. I'm trying to capture its
> output to a file.
>
> In my own code, I've taken control of the loggers that are setup in
> the other program by removing its StreamHandler and replacing with
> FileHander. But when it comes to the call to os.system I'm at a loss.
>
> I want to capture the stdout from that os.system call in my
> FileHandler. I thought this might work, before I call the other
> program's class/method:
> sys.stdout = getLogger('status').handlers[0].stream
>
> but no dice. Is there any clean way to get what I want? If not, I
> guess I'll override the other method with my own, but it will
> basically be a bunch of code copied with os.sytem replaced with
> subprocess, using getLogger('status').handlers[0].stream for stdout/
> stderr.
>
> thanks,
> --Tim Arnold

Replying to my own post....

I think I may have included too much fluff in my original question.
The main thing I wonder is whether I can attach a log handler to
stdout in such a way that os.system calls will write to that handler
instead of the console.

thanks,
--Tim