python exception message capturing

Question

import ftplib
import urllib2
import os
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(\'ftpuploader\')
hdlr = logging.FileHandler(\'ftplog.log\')
formatter = logging.Form         


        

Answer 1

You can try specifying the BaseException type explicitly. However, this will only catch derivatives of BaseException. While this includes all implementation-provided exceptions, it is also possibly to raise arbitrary old-style classes.

try:
  do_something()
except BaseException, e:
  logger.error('Failed to do something: ' + str(e))