Add option to specify logfile location

bdfr/__main__.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ _common_options = [
     click.option('-m', '--multireddit', multiple=True, default=None, type=str),
     click.option('-L', '--limit', default=None, type=int),
     click.option('--authenticate', is_flag=True, default=None),
+    click.option('--log', type=str, default=None),
     click.option('--submitted', is_flag=True, default=None),
     click.option('--upvoted', is_flag=True, default=None),
     click.option('--saved', is_flag=True, default=None),

bdfr/configuration.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Configuration(Namespace):
         self.exclude_id_file = []
         self.limit: Optional[int] = None
         self.link: list[str] = []
+        self.log: Optional[str] = None
         self.max_wait_time = None
         self.multireddit: list[str] = []
         self.no_dupes: bool = False

bdfr/downloader.py

@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@ class RedditDownloader:
 
     def _create_file_logger(self):
         main_logger = logging.getLogger()
-        log_path = Path(self.config_directory, 'log_output.txt')
+        if self.args.log is None:
+            log_path = Path(self.config_directory, 'log_output.txt')
+        else:
+            log_path = Path(self.args.log).resolve().expanduser()
+            if not log_path.parent.exists():
+                raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f'Designated location for logfile does not exist')
         backup_count = self.cfg_parser.getint('DEFAULT', 'backup_log_count', fallback=3)
         file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
             log_path,