Issue of redirecting the stdout to both file and screen

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I wanna print the log to both the screen and file, so I simulatered a
'tee'

class Tee(file):

def __init__(self, name, mode):
file.__init__(self, name, mode)
self.stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = self

def __del__(self):
sys.stdout = self.stdout
self.close()

def write(self, data):
file.write(self, data)
self.stdout.write(data)

Tee('logfile', 'w')
print >>sys.stdout, 'abcdefg'

I found that it only output to the file, nothing to screen. Why?
It seems the 'write' function was not called when I *print* something.

 

[Peter Otten]

I wanna print the log to both the screen and file, so I simulatered a
'tee'

class Tee(file):

def __init__(self, name, mode):
file.__init__(self, name, mode)
self.stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = self

def __del__(self):
sys.stdout = self.stdout
self.close()

def write(self, data):
file.write(self, data)
self.stdout.write(data)

Tee('logfile', 'w')
print >>sys.stdout, 'abcdefg'

I found that it only output to the file, nothing to screen. Why?
It seems the 'write' function was not called when I *print* something.

There are places in the C code of Python that do the equivalent of

if isinstance(file_like_object, file):
file.write(file_like_object, text)
else:
file_like_object.write(text)

Therefore you can't safely inherit from file. The workaround is to make your
own file-like object; yours would become

class Tee(object):
def __init__(self, name, mode):
self.file = open(name, mode)
self.stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = self
def __del__(self):
sys.stdout = self.stdout
self.file.close()
def write(self, data):
self.file.write(data)
self.stdout.write(data)

Peter

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:39 -0300, 人言è½æ—¥æ˜¯å¤©æ¶¯ï¼Œæœ›æžå¤©æ¶¯ä¸è§å®¶

I wanna print the log to both the screen and file, so I simulatered a
'tee'

class Tee(file):

def __init__(self, name, mode):
file.__init__(self, name, mode)
self.stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = self

def __del__(self):
sys.stdout = self.stdout
self.close()

def write(self, data):
file.write(self, data)
self.stdout.write(data)

Tee('logfile', 'w')
print >>sys.stdout, 'abcdefg'

I found that it only output to the file, nothing to screen. Why?
It seems the 'write' function was not called when I *print* something.

You create a Tee instance and it is immediately garbage collected. I'd
restore sys.stdout on Tee.close, not __del__ (you forgot to call the
inherited __del__ method, btw).
Mmm, doesn't work. I think there is an optimization somewhere: if it looks
like a real file object, it uses the original file write method, not yours.
The trick would be to use an object that does NOT inherit from file:

import sys
class TeeNoFile(object):
def __init__(self, name, mode):
self.file = open(name, mode)
self.stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = self
def close(self):
if self.stdout is not None:
sys.stdout = self.stdout
self.stdout = None
if self.file is not None:
self.file.close()
self.file = None
def write(self, data):
self.file.write(data)
self.stdout.write(data)
def flush(self):
self.file.flush()
self.stdout.flush()
def __del__(self):
self.close()

tee=TeeNoFile('logfile', 'w')
print 'abcdefg'
print 'another line'
tee.close()
print 'screen only'
del tee # should do nothing

 

[Peter Otten]

En Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:39 -0300, ???????????????


You create a Tee instance and it is immediately garbage collected.

It is not garbage collected until the next assignment to sys.stdout.

Peter

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

It is not garbage collected until the next assignment to sys.stdout.

Yes, sorry, this was my first guess. Later I discovered the real reason
-you pointed it too-, I should have removed the whole first paragraph on
my reply.

 

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I see. Many thanks to you!