Meta Instrumentation Class

system info

• username (entered by users or pulled from system?)
• system ip?
• log_version method
• logfilename = username+logversionmethod
• logfile path? (profileDir + logfilename)

logfile setup

function to setup the instrumentation logfile

• open the logfile and create the handler
• print to it
• close the logfile?
• http://docs.python.org/lib/module-logging.html

log event

function that takes a blockEvent

• depending on the type of blockEvent, it knows what to print out
• do i have access to Block.inSideRecursiveCall here or do i need it as an argument?

logfile upload

function to uplaod the logfile

• call logfilerotate
• scan logfile queue for files that havent been uplaoded
• call logfile upload (using twisted or ??) * delete the old logfile if successful

logfile rotate

function to rotate the logfile?

• names the old logfile upload-instrumentation-username-logfile revision version
• gzip's the logfile?
• creates the new ones (call logfile setup?)

questions:

• do i need to open/close the logfile after every write?
• where do i put this stuff in the code
• what about the inSideRecursiveCall piece.. that has to live in Block.py right?