PYTHON: FSMonitor skeleton - monitor folder(s) for changes

dirwatch.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# depends on FSMonitor https://github.com/shaurz/fsmonitor

import sys
import os

def main():


    sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))

    from fsmonitor import FSMonitor

    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "usage: dirwatch.py [DIRS...]"
        sys.exit(1)

    m = FSMonitor()
    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
        m.add_dir_watch(arg)

    while True:
        for evt in m.read_events():
            print "%s %s %s" % (evt.action_name, evt.watch.path, evt.name)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()