inotify_fail_clean.py

import sys
import time
import logging
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import LoggingEventHandler


class ObserverThread(Observer):
    """
    Patched watched.Observer.
    """

    def _stopThread(self, thread):
        """
        Stop thread and wait for it to end.
        """
        print "Stopping %s" % thread
        thread.stop()
        thread.join(60)
        if thread.isAlive():
            raise AssertionError('Failed to stop thread: %s' % thread)

    def _clear_emitters(self):
        for emitter in self._emitters:
            self._stopThread(emitter)

        self._emitters.clear()
        self._emitter_for_watch.clear()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
                        format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s',
                        datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
    path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.'
    event_handler = LoggingEventHandler()
    eevent_handler = LoggingEventHandler()
    observer = ObserverThread()
    ca = observer.schedule(event_handler, path, recursive=False)
    observer.start()
    try:
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print "Stopping main thread..."
        observer.stop()
    observer.join()