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+
+
+import os
+import time
+
+
+class RotatingLog:
+    """
+    A file() (or open()) replacement that will automatically open and write
+    to a new file if the prior file is too large or after a time interval.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, path="./log_file", timeInterval=24, megabyteLimit=1024):
+        """
+        path is a full or partial path with file name.
+        timeInterval is the number of hours at which to rotate the file.
+        megabyteLimit is the number of megabytes of file size the log
+            may grow to, afterwhich the log is rotated.
+        """
+        self.path=path
+        self.timeInterval=None
+        self.timeLimit=None
+        self.sizeLimit=None
+        if timeInterval is not None:
+            self.timeInterval=timeInterval*60*60
+            self.timeLimit=time.time()+self.timeInterval
+        if megabyteLimit is not None:
+            self.sizeLimit=megabyteLimit*1024*1024
+
+    def shouldRotate(self):
+        """
+        Returns a bool about whether a new log file should
+        be created and written to (while at the same time
+        stopping output to the old log file and closing it).
+        """
+        if not hasattr(self, "file"):
+            return 1
+        if self.timeLimit is not None and time.time() > self.timeLimit:
+            return 1
+        if self.sizeLimit is not None and self.file.tell() > self.sizeLimit:
+            return 1
+        return 0
+
+    def filePath(self):
+        dateString=time.strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H", time.localtime())
+        for i in range(26):
+            path="%s_%s_%s.txt"%(self.path, dateString, chr(i+97))
+            if not os.path.exists(path) or os.stat(path)[6] < self.sizeLimit:
+                return path
+        # Hmm, 26 files are full?  throw the rest in z:
+        # Maybe we should clear the self.sizeLimit here... maybe.
+        return path
+    
+    def rotate(self):
+        """
+        Rotate the log now.  You normally shouldn't need to call this.
+        See write().
+        """
+        path=self.filePath()
+        file=open(path, "a")
+        if file:
+            if hasattr(self, "file"):
+                self.file.flush()
+                self.file.close()
+                del self.file
+            self.file=file
+            if self.timeLimit is not None and time.time() > self.timeLimit:
+                self.timeLimit=time.time()+self.timeInterval
+        else:
+            # I guess we keep writing to the old file.
+            print "unable to open new log file \"%s\""%(path,)
+    
+    def write(self, data):
+        """
+        Write the data to either the current log or a new one,
+        depending on the return of shouldRotate() and whether
+        the new file can be opened.
+        """
+        if self.shouldRotate():
+            self.rotate()
+        if hasattr(self, "file"):
+            self.file.write(data)
+            self.file.flush()
+