# Open a file to store the logs in
# We will append data to this file ( "a" )
logFile = open ( 'channelLog.txt', 'a' )

# Subclass SimpleIRCClient
class ClientClass ( irclib.SimpleIRCClient ):

   # Handle private messages
   def on_pubmsg ( self, connection, event ):

      # Write to the log
      source = event.source().split ( '!' ) [ 0 ]
      text = event.arguments() [ 0 ]
      logFile.write ( source + '-> ' + text + '\n' )