def __init__()

in core/file_writer.py [0:0]


    def __init__(self,
                 xpid: str = None,
                 xp_args: dict = None,
                 rootdir: str = '~/palaas',
                 symlink_latest: bool = True,
                 ):
        if not xpid:
            # make unique id
            xpid = '{proc}_{unixtime}'.format(
                proc=os.getpid(), unixtime=int(time.time()))
        self.xpid = xpid
        self._tick = 0

        # metadata gathering
        if xp_args is None:
            xp_args = {}
        self.metadata = gather_metadata()
        # we need to copy the args, otherwise when we close the file writer
        # (and rewrite the args) we might have non-serializable objects (or
        # other nasty stuff).
        self.metadata['args'] = copy.deepcopy(xp_args)
        self.metadata['xpid'] = self.xpid

        formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
        self._logger = logging.getLogger('palaas/out')

        # to stdout handler
        shandle = logging.StreamHandler()
        shandle.setFormatter(formatter)
        self._logger.addHandler(shandle)
        self._logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

        rootdir = os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(rootdir))
        # to file handler
        self.basepath = os.path.join(rootdir, self.xpid)
        if not os.path.exists(self.basepath):
            self._logger.info('Creating log directory: %s', self.basepath)
            os.makedirs(self.basepath, exist_ok=True)
        else:
            self._logger.info('Found log directory: %s', self.basepath)

        if symlink_latest:
            # Add 'latest' as symlink unless it exists and is no symlink.
            symlink = os.path.join(rootdir, 'latest')
            if os.path.islink(symlink):
                os.remove(symlink)
            if not os.path.exists(symlink):
                os.symlink(self.basepath, symlink)
                self._logger.info('Symlinked log directory: %s', symlink)

        self.paths = dict(
            msg='{base}/out.log'.format(base=self.basepath),
            logs='{base}/logs.csv'.format(base=self.basepath),
            fields='{base}/fields.csv'.format(base=self.basepath),
            meta='{base}/meta.json'.format(base=self.basepath),
        )

        self._logger.info('Saving arguments to %s', self.paths['meta'])
        if os.path.exists(self.paths['meta']):
            self._logger.warning('Path to meta file already exists. '
                                 'Not overriding meta.')
        else:
            self._save_metadata()

        self._logger.info('Saving messages to %s', self.paths['msg'])
        if os.path.exists(self.paths['msg']):
            self._logger.warning('Path to message file already exists. '
                                 'New data will be appended.')

        fhandle = logging.FileHandler(self.paths['msg'])
        fhandle.setFormatter(formatter)
        self._logger.addHandler(fhandle)

        self._logger.info('Saving logs data to %s', self.paths['logs'])
        self._logger.info('Saving logs\' fields to %s', self.paths['fields'])
        if os.path.exists(self.paths['logs']):
            self._logger.warning('Path to log file already exists. '
                                 'New data will be appended.')
            with open(self.paths['fields'], 'r') as csvfile:
                reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
                self.fieldnames = list(reader)[0]
        else:
            self.fieldnames = ['_tick', '_time']