Python logging doesn't create directories

[Michael Gorven]

The infamous startup error "No such file or directory: 'logs/ibid.log'" is due
to Python logging assuming that directories exist. We need to solve this one
way or another. The options are:

1. Parse the logging config and try to identify logfiles
2. Introspect the logging handlers once the config has been loaded and
identify logfiles
3. Handle the default configuration of logs/ibid.log

 affects ibid
 milestone 0.1

[Michael Gorven (mgorven)]

> 2. Introspect the logging handlers once the config has been loaded and
> identify logfiles

This won't work since the exception occurs during the fileConfig() call.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Pity. I'd have voted for 2. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean by 3, so do whatever you think is best :)

[Michael Gorven (mgorven)]

 assignee mgorven
 status inprogress

[Michael Gorven (mgorven)]

On Wednesday 08 July 2009 22:38:13 Stefano Rivera wrote:
> Pity. I'd have voted for 2. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you
> mean by 3, so do whatever you think is best :)

Just assume that we need a subdirectory called "logs".

[Michael Gorven (mgorven)]

 importance medium

[Michael Gorven (mgorven)]

 status fixreleased