Re: [Python-Dev] Bug? syslog.openlog using ident "python" by default.

Sean Reifschneider wrote:

If you call:

from syslog import syslog, openlog syslog('My error message')

Something like the following gets logged:

Mar 18 05:20:22 guin python: My error message ^^^^^^

Where I'm annoyed by the "python" in the above. This is pulled from the C argv[0]. IMHO, what we really want is the Python sys.argv[0].

I agree with this. The existing behavior is very annoying. I don't have any particular thoughts about the implementation. Eric.