Limiting the sizes of logs

[theonering] / src / theonering.py

diff --git a/src/theonering.py b/src/theonering.py
index 4ac5700..f8a26f4 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/theonering.py
+++ b/src/theonering.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import signal
 import logging
+import logging.handlers
 import gobject
 
 import dbus.glib
@@ -91,20 +92,16 @@ def main(logToFile):
 
        telepathy_utils.debug_divert_messages(os.getenv('THEONERING_LOGFILE'))
        logFormat = '(%(asctime)s) %(levelname)-5s %(threadName)s.%(name)s: %(message)s'
+       logging.basicConfig(
+               level=logging.DEBUG,
+               format=logFormat,
+               datefmt='%H:%M:%S',
+       )
        logging.raiseExceptions = True # Getting funky shutdown behavior, checking it out
-       if logToFile:
-               logging.basicConfig(
-                       level=logging.DEBUG,
-                       filename=constants._user_logpath_,
-                       format=logFormat,
-                       datefmt='%H:%M:%S',
-               )
-       else:
-               logging.basicConfig(
-                       level=logging.DEBUG,
-                       format=logFormat,
-                       datefmt='%H:%M:%S',
-               )
+       rotating = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(constants._user_logpath_, maxBytes=512*1024, backupCount=1)
+       rotating.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(logFormat))
+       root = logging.getLogger()
+       root.addHandler(rotating)
        logging.info("telepathy-theonering %s-%s" % (constants.__version__, constants.__build__))
        logging.debug("OS: %s" % (os.uname()[0], ))
        logging.debug("Kernel: %s (%s) for %s" % os.uname()[2:])