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+def log(logfile,component,msg):
+    ''' write message to log file with timestamp and script name '''
+    import datetime
+    _component = str(component)
+    _msg = str(msg)
+    dt = str(datetime.datetime.now()).split('.')[0]
+    to_log = "[%s][%s] %s" % (dt, _component, _msg)
+    log_file = open(LOGFILE,'a')
+    log_file.write('%s\n' % to_log)
+    log_file.close()