logs.py

from pathlib import Path
from logging import FileHandler
from logging.handlers import WatchedFileHandler
 
import platform
 
 
class CoretexFileHandler(WatchedFileHandler):
 
    def reopenIfNeeded(self) -> None:
        # baseFilename is absoulte path to the log file
        path = Path(self.baseFilename)
 
        # If parent dir got deleted for some reason
        if not path.parent.exists():
            path.parent.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
 
        super().reopenIfNeeded()
 
 
def createFileHandler(path: Path) -> FileHandler:
    """
        Creates a handler for writting logs to the file system
 
        Parameters
        ----------
        path : Path
            path of the log file
 
        Returns
        -------
        FileHandler -> if OS is Windows
        WatchedFileHandler -> if OS is Unix based
    """
 
    if platform.system() == "Windows":
        return FileHandler(path)
 
    return CoretexFileHandler(path)