source: trunk/src/testing/bin/appLauncher/myprint.py @ 4

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# Author: Ratko Jagodic
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import os.path, sys
opj = os.path.join
sys.path.append( opj(os.environ["SAGE_DIRECTORY"], "bin" ) )
from sagePath import getUserPath


REDIRECT = True

def doRedirect(redirect):
    global REDIRECT
    REDIRECT = redirect

### a global method used for writing output
def WriteLog(text):
    if REDIRECT:
        try:
            logFile = open(getUserPath("applications","output.txt"), "a")
            logFile.write( text+"\n" )
            logFile.flush()  #flush the buffer to a file (especially needed if running as a daemon)
            logFile.close()
        except:
            pass
    else:
        print text