inotiy:
#/usr/bin/env python
import os
from pyinotify import WatchManager, Notifier, ThreadedNotifier, EventsCodes, ProcessEvent
wm = WatchManager()
mask = EventsCodes.IN_DELETE | EventsCodes.IN_CREATE # watched events
class PTmp(ProcessEvent):
def process_IN_CREATE(self, event):
print " Create: %s " % os.path.join(event.path, event.name)
def process_IN_DELETE(self, event):
print " Remove: %s " % os.path.join(event.path, event.name)
notifier = Notifier(wm, PTmp())
wdd = wm.add_watch('/tmp', mask, rec=True)
while True: # loop forever
try :
# process the queue of events as explained above
notifier.process_events()
if notifier.check_events():
# read notified events and enqeue them
notifier.read_events()
# you can do some tasks here...
except KeyboardInterrupt:
# destroy the inotify's instance on this interrupt (stop monitoring)
notifier.stop()
break