filechecker

#check if files in directory aren't in log of previously encountered log
from time import sleep

def filechecker():
    print '{} : Checking for new files...'.format(time.ctime())
    try : log = open('filelog.log','r+U') #open log file in append mode
    except : log = open('filelog.log','ab+') # if it doesn't exist, create it
    files = [line.strip('\n') for line in log.readlines()] # list of all files in log

    for f in os.listdir(inputdir): # iterate through all files in directory
        if re.search(r'(.+\.txt$)',f ) and f not in files: #if file ends in txt and is not in the log
            print 'New file found\n{}'.format(f+'\n')
            try: 
                #move file
                log.write(f+lineterm) 
            except Exception, e: print e #print any exception that may come up
            
    log.close() #close log file
    
while True:
  filechecker()
  print 'Sleeping...'
  sleep(3600) # sleep for an hour