LOGGER: update file path to correctly generate directory

common/src/aaredaqlib/logger_config.py

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ def get_config_path(env: str = "dev") -> Path:
 
 def setup_logger(name="aareDAQ", base_dir: str | None = '~/tmp/mxlogs', config_path: str | None = None):
     # switch to production mode using: $ APP_ENV=prod python main.py
-    if name == "aareDAQ":
-        base_dir="/tmp/mxlogs"
     env = os.getenv("APP_ENV", "dev")  # default: dev
 
     if config_path is None:
@@ -48,25 +46,19 @@ def setup_logger(name="aareDAQ", base_dir: str | None = '~/tmp/mxlogs', config_p
     with open(config_file, "r") as f:
         config = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
 
-    env_log_dir = os.getenv("LOG_DIR")
-    base_dir = base_dir or env_log_dir
+    # Force base directory to be under the user's home dir
+    effective_base = base_dir or '~/mxlogs'
+    effective_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(effective_base)))
 
     # Ensure directories for file handlers exist
     handlers = config.get("handlers", {})
 
     for h in handlers.values():
-        # RotatingFileHandler and FileHandler use "filename"
+
         filename = h.get("filename")
         if not filename:
             continue
-        if base_dir:
-            abs_filename = os.path.join(base_dir, os.path.basename(filename))
-        else:
-            abs_filename = (
-                filename
-                if os.path.isabs(filename)
-                else os.path.join(os.path.dirname(config_file), filename)
-            )
+        abs_filename = os.path.join(effective_base, os.path.basename(filename))
 
         h["filename"] = abs_filename
         log_dir = os.path.dirname(abs_filename)