[Tutor] Logging script output

[Alan Gauld]

On 15/12/13 17:43, Reuben wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the best way to log the output of a python script execution.

Best is always going to be subjective and depend
on a lot of parameters.

It might be that the best way of capturing the output
is to use file redirection:

$ python myscript.py > logfile.txt

or if you need to see it as well pipe it into tee (Unix only):

$ python myscript.py | tee logfile.txt

But if you need more sophistication you might want to do the redirection 
in your code, or add some logging print/write statements

> Do we need to use the logging module of python?

Probably not but it is another option.

It all depends on exactly what, and how much, and for how long,
you want to log. And how you want to run the program. And how the 
program displays its output (a GUI or web pages?)


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