How to close Python "log to file" file? ("handler"?)

logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

stage1_log = getlogger.get_logger(name="stage1", logfilename=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "outputdata/stage1.log"))

(stage1_log == logger.)






    stage1_log = None
    local_conn = None
    try:

        # Get error loggers.
        stage1_log = getlogger.get_logger(name="stage1", logfilename=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "outputdata/stage1.log"))

        # Stage 1 and Stage 2 requires only local conn.

        local_conn = mysql_connect(sie_constants.DCT_LOCAL_DB)





    finally:
        if local_conn:
            local_conn.close()
        if stage1_log:
            # Close the log file of the logger.
            stage1_log.handlers[0].stream.close()
            stage1_log.removeHandler(stage1_log.handlers[0])





http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5296130/restart-logging-to-a-new-file-python

You can manually re-assign the handler if you want using the removeHandler and addHandler OR, you can access logger.handlers[index_of_handler_here].stream and replace the stream manually, but I'd recommend the former over the latter. logger.handlers[0].stream.close() logger.removeHandler(logger.handlers[0]) file_handler = logging.FileHandler(filename) file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(filename)s, %(lineno)d, %(funcName)s: %(message)s") file_handler.setFormatter(formatter) logger.addHandler(file_handler) share|improve this answer edited Mar 17 '11 at 9:01 compie 2,89111941 answered Mar 14 '11 at 8:19 Mahmoud Abdelkader 3,069720

So I can use this?: logger.removeHandler(logger.handlers[0]) – compie Mar 14 '11 at 14:33 @Compie, Yes, that will do it. You might want to logger.handlers[0].stream.close() first. – Mahmoud Abdelkader Mar 14 '11 at 19:06

Question:

I'm using the following code to initialize logging in my application:

logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
# log to a file
directory = '/reserved/DYPE/logfiles'
now = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
filename = os.path.join(directory, 'dype_%s.log' % now)
file_handler = logging.FileHandler(filename)
file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(filename)s, %(lineno)d, %(funcName)s: %(message)s")
file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(file_handler)
# log to the console
console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
level = logging.INFO
console_handler.setLevel(level)
logger.addHandler(console_handler)

logging.debug('logging initialized')

How can I close the current logging file and restart logging to a new file?

Note: I don't want to use RotatingFileHandler, because I want full control over all the filenames.