Strange behavior with os call in cgi script

[Rene Pijlman]

Steve Holden:
>Rene Pijlman:
>> Add logging to your program:
>> http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/module-logging.html
>> 
>Probably oiverkill, particularly for a beginner (is it only me that 
>thinks the logging module is either way over-complicated or way 
>under-documented?).

It struck me as somewhat complicated as well.

Looking at the basic example:
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/node304.html

... the things that first-time users shouldn't be bothered with IMO are:

1. Getting a logger by name from a hierarchical namespace. There should be
a module-level log function that logs through the root logger.
2. Formatting the message (use a sensible default)
3. Adding a handler to a logger (artefact of the logging system).
4. Setting a log level (use a sensible default).

Perhaps there should be some module-level functions that make it easier to
'just log this message to that file'.

But I do think that adding logging to a cgi script is a sensible thing to
do for a beginner. Getting that to run in a debugger is probably way more
complicated.

-- 
René Pijlman