def createPath(self, prefix):
        if self.kind == 'text':
            suffix = '.txt'
        elif self.kind == 'binary':
            suffix = '.log'

        self.path = "%s/%s%s" % (prefix,self.fileName,suffix)
        self.path = os.path.abspath(self.path) #convert to proper absolute path
creates full path name of file
dataset/ETHPy150Open ioflo/ioflo/ioflo/base/logging.py/Log.createPath