import sys
import time
import syslog

import path

builder = ""
do_syslog = 0

def log(p, s):
  if do_syslog:
    try:
      syslog.syslog(p, str(s))
    except TypeError:
      syslog.syslog(p, repr(s))
  f = open(path.log_file, "a")
  f.write("%s [%s]: %s\n" % (time.asctime(), builder, s))
  f.close()
  
def panic(s):
  log(syslog.LOG_ALERT, "PANIC: %s" % s)
  raise "PANIC: %s" % str(s)

def alert(s):
  log(syslog.LOG_ALERT, "alert: %s" % s) 
 
def error(s):
  log(syslog.LOG_ERR, "error: %s" % s) 
 
def warn(s):
  log(syslog.LOG_WARNING, "warning: %s" % s) 
 
def notice(s):
  log(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, "notice: %s" % s) 

def open_syslog(name, f):
  global do_syslog
  do_syslog = 1
  syslog.openlog(name, syslog.LOG_PID, f)