# Rotate old log file.
    rotateLogFile();

    if ($configOptions{'logFilePath'}) {
        $LOG_FILE_PATH = $configOptions{'logFilePath'};
    }

    if (!isLocalLoggingEnabled() && !$DEBUGMODE) {
        print "NOTE: Local logging disabled in script configuration file\n";
    }

    # Make sure we can log to a log file, if necessary.
    if ($LOG_FILE_PATH) {
        my $logFileHandle = getLogFileHandle(1);
        closeLogFileHandle($logFileHandle);
    }

sub getLogFileHandle {

    my $logErrors = shift;

    # If no log file, use STDERR
    if (!$LOG_FILE_PATH) {
        return \*STDERR;
    }

    my $logFileHandle = IO::File->new(">>$LOG_FILE_PATH");

    if (!(defined $logFileHandle)) {
        $logFileHandle = \*STDERR;
        if ($logErrors) {
            print STDERR "Failed in opening log file $LOG_FILE_PATH - using STDERR\n";
        }
    }

    autoflush $logFileHandle 1;

    return $logFileHandle;
}