def initialize(config_file = None):
"""
Initialize logging module. If _HOME environment variable is set, logging home directory will be _HOME/logs.
Otherwise, logging home directory will be CurrentDir/logs.
"""
if not config_file:
config_file = 'logging.conf'
logging_paths = get_filepaths_from_pythonpath(config_file)
flames_home = get_home()
for logging_path in logging_paths:
logging.config.fileConfig(logging_path, {'flames_home': flames_home})
def get_config_parser(conf_name):
"""
Get U{ConfigParser<http://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html>} object by the relative configuration file name.
The method will search PYTHONPATH to find out where the file is,
and create ConfigParser by the absolute file path.
@param conf_name: A relative configuration file name.
@type conf_name: C{string}
@return: A configuration parser.
@rtype: U{ConfigParser<http://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html>}
"""
flames_home = get_home()
conf_paths = get_filepaths_from_pythonpath(conf_name)
parser = SafeConfigParser({"flames_home": flames_home})
parser.read(conf_paths)
return parser
