log goodness in python

log.py

import logging

_FMT = '%(filename)s : %(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s'

_log     = logging.getLogger()
_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

debug    = _log.debug
dbug     = _log.debug
info     = _log.info
warn     = _log.warn
crit     = _log.critical
critical = _log.critical

def log_to_stderr():
    ch = logging.StreamHandler()
    ch.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(_FMT))
    ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
    _log.addHandler(ch)

def log_to_file(filename):
    fh = logging.FileHandler(filename)
    fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(_FMT))
    fh.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    _log.addHandler(fh)

import sys
import os.path

program = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
program = program[:-3] if program.endswith('.py') else program

log_to_stderr()
log_to_file(program+'.log')