python - 'module' object has no attribute 'basicConfig'

Question

I have the following code, copied from the Python manual:

import logging
LOG_FILENAME = 'example.log'
logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILENAME,level=logging.DEBUG)

logging.debug('This message should go to the log file')

When I try to run the script (via python.exe script.py) I get an error of 'module' object has no attribute 'basicConfig'.

However when I copy and paste the code in interactive mode (via python.exe then copy and pasting the actual code) I get no error. The code runs fine.

I have python 2.6.6.

Thank you!

Answer 1

You've got another module called logging on the python path; probably a file logging.py in the same directory. Compare print logging.__file__.