src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import os
 from pyelliptic.openssl import OpenSSL
 import pickle
 import platform
+import debug
+from debug import logger
 
 try:
     from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
@@ -1874,7 +1876,14 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 shared.knownNodesLock.release()
                 os.remove(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat')
                 os.remove(shared.appdata + 'knownnodes.dat')
+                previousAppdataLocation = shared.appdata
                 shared.appdata = ''
+                debug.restartLoggingInUpdatedAppdataLocation()
+                try:
+                    os.remove(previousAppdataLocation + 'debug.log')
+                    os.remove(previousAppdataLocation + 'debug.log.1')
+                except:
+                    pass
 
             if shared.appdata == '' and not self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.checkBoxPortableMode.isChecked():  # If we ARE using portable mode now but the user selected that we shouldn't...
                 shared.appdata = shared.lookupAppdataFolder()
@@ -1894,6 +1903,12 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 shared.knownNodesLock.release()
                 os.remove('keys.dat')
                 os.remove('knownnodes.dat')
+                debug.restartLoggingInUpdatedAppdataLocation()
+                try:
+                    os.remove('debug.log')
+                    os.remove('debug.log.1')
+                except:
+                    pass
 
     def click_radioButtonBlacklist(self):
         if shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist') == 'white':

src/class_sqlThread.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import shutil  # used for moving the messages.dat file
 import sys
 import os
+from debug import logger
 
 # This thread exists because SQLITE3 is so un-threadsafe that we must
 # submit queries to it and it puts results back in a different queue. They

src/debug.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import shared
 # TODO(xj9): Get from a config file.
 log_level = 'DEBUG'
 
+def configureLogging():
     logging.config.dictConfig({
         'version': 1,
         'formatters': {
@@ -67,4 +68,14 @@ logging.config.dictConfig({
     })
 # TODO (xj9): Get from a config file.
 #logger = logging.getLogger('console_only')
+configureLogging()
+logger = logging.getLogger('both')
+
+def restartLoggingInUpdatedAppdataLocation():
+    global logger
+    for i in list(logger.handlers):
+        logger.removeHandler(i)
+        i.flush()
+        i.close()
+    configureLogging()
     logger = logging.getLogger('both')