Python logging and rotating files

Question

I have a python program that is writing to a log file that is being rotated by Linux\'s logrotate command. When this happens I need to signal my program to stop writing to

Answer 1

from logging import handlers

handler = handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(filename, when=LOG_ROTATE)

handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(log_format, datefmt="%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"))

#LOG_ROTATE = midnight    
#set your log format

This should help you in handling rotating log