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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | #!/usr/bin/env python3
import os.path
import time
def log_it(thing, newfile = False):
"""Provide a quick and dirty logging facility
Args:
thing : the string to be written to the log file
newfile : boolean - if True the log file is created, if False it is appended to
"""
filename = os.path.expanduser("~/tmp/log")
if os.path.isdir(os.path.expanduser("~/tmp")):
if newfile:
thefile = open(filename, 'w')
else:
thefile = open(filename, 'a')
thefile.write(time.strftime("%d %b %X: "+ thing + "\n"))
thefile.close()
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