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watches a directory for file events and responds with handler
'''
watcher and handler
to install watchdog for python3: pip3 install watchdog
sourced from https://www.michaelcho.me/article/using-pythons-watchdog-to-monitor-changes-to-a-directory
'''
import time
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
class Watcher:
DIRECTORY_TO_WATCH = "/path/to/test/"
def __init__(self):
self.observer = Observer()
def run(self):
event_handler = Handler()
self.observer.schedule(event_handler, self.DIRECTORY_TO_WATCH, recursive=True)
self.observer.start()
try:
while True:
time.sleep(5)
except:
self.observer.stop()
print("Error")
self.observer.join()
class Handler(FileSystemEventHandler):
@staticmethod
def on_any_event(event):
if event.is_directory:
return None
elif event.event_type == 'created':
# Take any action here when a file is first created.
print( "Received created event - %s." % event.src_path )
elif event.event_type == 'modified':
# Taken any action here when a file is modified.
print( "Received modified event - %s." % event.src_path )
if __name__ == '__main__':
w = Watcher()
w.run()
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