Add logfile capabilities

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/start_mx.py b/start_mx.py
index 7e154da..bf3dddb 100755
--- a/start_mx.py
+++ b/start_mx.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     debug = opts.debug
     config_file = opts.config
+    logfile = opts.log_file
 
     if debug:
         level = logging.DEBUG
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     console.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(console)
 
+    if logfile is not None:
+        logger.debug('Setting logfile to %s ', logfile)
+        fileh = logging.FileHandler(logfile)
+        fileh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        fileh.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logger.addHandler(fileh)
+
     logger.info("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~")
     logger.info("    LEAP MX")
     logger.info("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~")