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Python 101 - Creating Rotating Logs

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Mike Driscoll
Aug 17, 2023
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Python’s logging module has lots of options. In this article, you will look at the logging module’s ability to create Rotating Logs.

Python supports two types of rotating logs:

  • Rotate logs based on size (RotatingFileHandler)

  • Rotate the logs based on some time interval (TimedRotatingFileHandler)

Let’s spend some time learning how each of these two types of …

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