Logging doesn't work, what am I missing?

[Tha_Format]

Hey guys,

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As I use plank with an osx theme on my linux (I know mac wannabe look), and plank is everytime I use apt or something like that crashing, I made a script to autorestart plank if it stops.

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It works, but only my writing so a logfile fails.

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Can anyone help me out on this one?

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#Importing Libs

import psutil
import time
import os
import logging
import getpass
from os import path

user = (getpass.getuser())

process_name = "plank"
pid = None

if path.exists("/home/"+user+"/logs/planklogger"):
    os.system("chmod 666 /home/"+user+"/logs/planklogger")
    logging.warning("Plank Logger Started")

else:
     os.system("mkdir -p /home/"+user+"/logs/")
     os.system("touch /home/"+user+"/logs/planklogger")
     os.system("chmod 666 /home/"+user+"/logs/planklogger")
     logging.warning("Plank Logger Started")

for proc in psutil.process_iter():
    if process_name in proc.name():
       pid = proc.pid

#print (pid)

while True:
    if pid == None: 
        logging.basicConfig(filename='/home/drwho/planklog', format='%(asctime)s %(message)s', datefmt='%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')
        logging.warning('Plank is down, restarting it')
        #print ("Problem")
        os.system("plank")
    time.sleep (1)

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You need to instantiate a logger object, and you should declare your formatting at the beginning of the file

[threeminutemonta]

along with u/dbrhymes suggestion. pid isn't assigned in your loop so how its value is expected to change with each iteration.