where to store a log file name in python?

I have a Python program that consists of several modules. T开发者_开发技巧he "main" module creates a file variable log_file for logging the output; all the other modules would need to write to that file as well.

However, I don't want to import the "main" module into other modules, since it would be a really weird dependency (not to mention it might not even work due to circular dependency).

Where, then, should I store the log_file variable?

EDIT:

Following @pyfunc answer - would this be ok:

--- config.py ---
# does not mention log_file
# unless it's required for syntax reasons; in which case log_file = None
# ...

--- main.py ---
from datetime import datetime
import config.py
log_filename = str(datetime.now()) + '.txt'
config.log_file = open(log_filename, 'w')
# ...

--- another_module.py ---
import config.py
# ...
config.log_file.write(some_stuff)

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Put the "global" variable in a "settings" module.

settings.py

log_file = "/path/to/file"

main.py

import settings
import logging
logging.basicConfig(filename=settings.log_file,level=logging.DEBUG)

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

other_module.py

import logging
logging.debug("This is a message from another place.")

While the logging module may solve your immediate problem and many others, the settings module pattern is useful for a lot of other things besides log file names. It is used by Django to configure just about everything.

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One way is to take all that code into another module so that you could import it in main file and other modules as well.

Hope you have checked on : http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html