Logging to a file

Here is an alternative logging solution that lets you record your sessions in a daily time-stamped log-files.

Add the following lines or make it a-like to your ipy_user_conf.py:

from time import strftime

def main():
try:
    ldir = '/home/$YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/.ipython/'
    filename = os.path.join(ldir, strftime('%Y-%m-%d')+".py")
    notnew = os.path.exists(filename)
    ip.IP.logger.logstart(logfname=filename, logmode='append')
    log_write = ip.IP.logger.log_write
    if notnew:
        log_write("# =================================")
    else:
       log_write("#!/usr/bin/env python \n# %s.py \n"
                 "# IPython automatic logging file"
                 % strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
    log_write("# %s \n# =================================" %
              strftime('%H:%M'))
    print " Logging to "+filename
  
except RuntimeError:
    print " Already logging to "+ip.IP.logger.logfname