logging not writing to file when called from function in Pyscripter

Question

Currently if I run the following code from the python command line it writes to the file specified by filename as expected.

import logging
def test():
    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(message)s',
                        datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p',
                        filename=r'C:\Users\theo\Documents\myLog.txt')
    logging.warning('Example logged message.')
test()

But when I copy the code into one of my functions and run the function with Pyscripter, it does not seem to write the file. How can I get logging to appear in Pyscripter?

You're going to need to show us some code, and generally give us more information. Is the function in the top-level script, or an imported module? Are you actually doing the import logging and logging.basicConfig(…) in the function? (Also all the dumb stuff, like: is the function actually being called?) — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 21:19
the filename appears different in both snippets, is this actually the case? — moooeeeep
– moooeeeep, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 21:31
the actual filepath is very long, the file paths shown are more representative. I guarantee the filepath does exist. — TheoretiCAL
– TheoretiCAL, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 21:35
Is there actually a valid, writeable network share called \\Stuff\folder? If you just with open(r'\\Stuff\folder.test.log', 'w') as f: f.write('test') instead of using logging, does that work? — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 22:24

TheoretiCAL · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-02 18:04:59Z

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Pyscripter has an 'External Run' option ( Run > External Run (Alt + F9)), choosing this made the logging work.

edited May 2, 2017 at 18:04

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 22:44

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Hornbydd Over a year ago

Just want to add the "External Run" method is accessed by the menu option Run > External Run (Alt + F9), with the logging information directed to the Output tab rather than the Python Interpreter tab.

stu · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-02 20:16:01Z

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Switch the Python Engine to Internal. Go to run-->Pyhton Engine-->Internal

answered Sep 2, 2015 at 20:16

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