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Is it possible to disable logging entirely in Python Twisted?

I notice that the generally accepted solution is to send it to /dev/null. However, by design, the log file gets rotated whenever a SIGUSR1 gets sent to twisted. This will then rotate /dev/null, which is undesired. In fact, I have half a mind to think that this is a bug.

Anyway, does anyone know how to circumvent this?

Solution

  • You can write a custom logger that doesn't actually log anything:

    # yourlogger.py
from zope.interface import implementer
from twisted.logger import ILogObserver

@implementer(ILogObserver)
class NullObserver(object):
    def __call__(self, event):
        pass

    Make sure it is importable and then ask for it from the command line:

    $ twistd --logger yourlogger.NullObserver -y ...