dogtail-devel [Bug 375196] New: dogtail log files not written to configured directory

["dogtail (bugzilla.gnome.org)" <bugzilla-daemon bugzilla gnome org>]

Do not reply to this via email (we are currently unable to handle email
responses and they get discarded).  You can add comments to this bug at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375196

  dogtail | Framework | Ver: CVS HEAD

           Summary: dogtail log files not written to configured directory
           Product: dogtail
           Version: CVS HEAD
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Framework
        AssignedTo: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
        ReportedBy: wscarter us ibm com
         QAContact: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
In one of the Red Hat Magazine articles;
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/021jul06/features/dogtail/

It says you can customize/configure the dogtail log directory at runtime
using code similar to this;

>>>import os
>>>from dogtail.config import config
>>>config.scratchDir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'dogtail')
>>>config.logDir = os.path.join(config.scratchDir, 'logs')
>>>config.dataDir = os.path.join(config.scratchDir, 'data')

However I find that when I attempt this the correct alternative
directories are created, but the log data is still written to
the default location; /tmp/dogtail/logs

Steps to reproduce:
1. See summary. In my case I was attempting to have the logs placed in the
current working directory.



Actual results:
Directories are created but no data written to them.

Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:


-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email