logging.getLogger( __name__ )

[Ram]

How does this line work? How do I get my logger to point to a file to
be named as /tmp/modulename.log : I can do this using inspect, but
there probably is a better way?

Thanks,
--Ram

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

How does this line work? How do I get my logger to point to a file to
be named as /tmp/modulename.log : I can do this using inspect, but
there probably is a better way?

Uhm... by defining a file-handler and supplying the name to it?

All you've done with (I presume an assignment):

myLogger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

is to create a "logger" which will prefix log messages with the module
name. The default destination is probably still stderr.

See:
See 15.7.14.2 in the library reference manual for defining filehandlers;
15.7.1.1 for a sample using basic configuration and setting a default
file (the file will be common to all loggers I believe).