[Tutor] Where does logging put its files?

[Peter Otten]

Alan Gauld wrote:

> I've been playing with the logging module - long overdue!
> 
> I started with the basic tutorial but fell at the first hurdle.
> It says to specify a file in the logging.basicConfig() function then
> asks you to open the file after logging some events.
> 
> But I can't find the file anywhere...
> 
> Here's my code:
> 
>  >>> import logging
>  >>> logging.basicConfig(file='./log.txt', level=logging.DEBUG)
>  >>> logging.info('some stuff')
> INFO:root:some stuff
>  >>> logging.error('Somethings burning')
> ERROR:root:Somethings burning
>  >>> logging.critical('I warned you!')
> CRITICAL:root:I warned you!
>  >>>
> 
> But if I exit Python there is no file called log.txt
> that I can find either in the current folder or in my
> home folder. The tutorial seems to suggest it
> should be obvious...

The printed logging messages might give a hint that you were not successful 
in your attempt to specify a log-file. Try "filename" instead of "file":

$ ls
log.txt
$ python3
Python 3.3.2+ (default, Feb 28 2014, 00:52:16) 
[GCC 4.8.1] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import logging
>>> logging.basicConfig(filename="./log.txt", level=logging.DEBUG)
>>> logging.info("There you are")
>>> 
$ cat log.txt
INFO:root:There you are