Logs are now written for individual runs

Log files are generated containing the date and time of the run and are
stored in the `logs/` directory.

src/config.ini

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 debug: True
 # when changing the port name, make sure to also change the port in the client
 port: 8888
-log_name: sailbot.log
 transmission_delay: 5
 eval_delay: 5
 

src/main.py

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 boundary_locations = []
 
 # Specifies the default values
-values = {'debug': False, 'port': 8888, 'log_name': 'sailbot.log',
-          'transmission_delay': 5, 'eval_delay': 5, 'current_desired_heading': 0,
+values = {'debug': False, 'port': 8888, 'transmission_delay': 5, 'eval_delay': 5, 'current_desired_heading': 0,
           'direction': 0, 'absolute_wind_direction': 0, 'max_turn_rate_angle': 70, 'max_rudder_angle': 30}
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             logging.critical("Could not connect to servo socket")
 
 
-        # set up logging
+        # Set up logging to the web server console
         logging.getLogger().addHandler(modules.log.WebSocketLogger(self))
 
     def set_rudder_angle(self, angle):
@@ -196,6 +195,7 @@ def sailable(self, target_location):
     try:
         threading.current_thread().setName('Main')
 
+        # Sets up the program configuration
         modules.utils.setup_config(values)
         modules.utils.setup_locations(target_locations, boundary_locations)
 

src/modules/utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-import json, logging, configparser, modules.calc
+import json, logging, configparser, modules.calc, time, os
 from modules.location import Location
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def setup_locations(target_locations, boundary_locations):
 
 def setup_config(values):
 
-    # logging in this method must stay as print statements because the logger
+    # Logging in this method must stay as print statements because the logger
     # has not been defined yet
 
     try:
@@ -43,29 +43,28 @@ def setup_config(values):
 
         values['debug'] = config.getboolean('DEFAULT', 'debug')
         values['port'] = config.getint('DEFAULT', 'port')
-        values['log_name'] = config.get('DEFAULT', 'log_name')
         values['transmission_delay'] = config.get('DEFAULT', 'transmission_delay')
         values['eval_delay'] = config.get('DEFAULT', 'eval_delay')
 
-        modules.calc.point_proximity_radius = config.get('LOGIC',
-                'point_proximity_radius')
+        modules.calc.point_proximity_radius = config.get('LOGIC', 'point_proximity_radius')
 
         print('Configuration file successfully loaded.')
+
     except configparser.NoOptionError:
         print('The locations configuration file could not be found or is malformed!')
 
     if values['debug']:
-        log_format = \
-            '[%(asctime)s] %(threadName)-7s %(levelname)-0s: %(message)s'
+        log_format = '[%(asctime)s] %(threadName)-7s %(levelname)-0s: %(message)s'
+
+        log_path = r'logs/' 
+        if not os.path.exists(log_path): os.makedirs(log_path)
 
-        logging.basicConfig(filename=values['log_name'], format=log_format,
+        logging.basicConfig(filename='logs/' + time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S") + '.log', format=log_format,
                             datefmt='%H:%M:%S', level=logging.DEBUG)
 
         root = logging.StreamHandler()
         root.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(log_format, '%H:%M:%S'))
 
         logging.getLogger().addHandler(root)
 
-        logging.info('-------------------------------')
-        logging.info('Log started on: %s'
-                     % datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
+        logging.info('Log started on: %s' % datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))