old_contents: import logging
  import logging.handlers
  import os
  
  base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
  
  
  def log_setup(log_dir, log_file):
      logger = logging.getLogger("bottly")
      log_path = base_dir + "/" + log_dir + "/"
      log = log_path + log_file
      if not os.path.exists(log_path):
          os.makedirs(log_path)
      else:
          pass
      if not os.path.isfile(log):
          handler = logging.FileHandler(log, "w")
      else:
          pass
      handler = logging.FileHandler(log)
      formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(message)s",
                                    "%H:%M:%S")
      handler.setFormatter(formatter)
      logger.addHandler(handler)
      logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  
      return logger
  
  
  def log(logger, user, msg_type, destination, command, arg):
      arg = " ".join(arg)
      message = command + " " + arg
      logger.info("%s %s: %s" % (destination, user, message))
  
new_contents: import logging
  import logging.handlers
  import os
  
  base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
  
  
  def log_setup(log_dir, log_file):
      logger = logging.getLogger("bottly")
      log_path = base_dir + "/" + log_dir + "/"
      log = log_path + log_file
      if not os.path.exists(log_path):
          os.makedirs(log_path)
  
      if not os.path.isfile(log):
          handler = logging.FileHandler(log, "w")
  
      handler = logging.FileHandler(log)
      formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(message)s",
                                    "%H:%M:%S")
      handler.setFormatter(formatter)
      logger.addHandler(handler)
      logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  
      return logger
  
  
  def log(logger, user, msg_type, destination, command, arg):
      arg = " ".join(arg)
      message = command + " " + arg
      logger.info("%s %s: %s" % (destination, user, message))
  
subject: remove superfluous else statements