List changed files during the last minute (graphically in a treeview window)

latest_changes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
# List changed files during the last minute (graphically in a treeview window)

import gtk, commands


class PyApp(gtk.Window): 
    def __init__(self):
        super(PyApp, self).__init__()
        
        self.set_size_request(400, 300)
        self.set_position(gtk.WIN_POS_CENTER)
        
        self.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)
        self.set_title("Latest changes")

        tree = gtk.TreeView()
        
        column = gtk.TreeViewColumn()
        column.set_title("Changed files")
 
        cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
        column.pack_start(cell, True)
        column.add_attribute(cell, "text", 0)
 
        treestore = gtk.TreeStore(str)

        a=commands.getoutput("find / -type f -not -path '/sys*' -not -path '/dev*' -not -path '/proc*' -mmin -1")

        backup={}
        for x in a.split('\n'):
            if not "find:" in x:
                print x
                i=1
                parent=None
                while i <= len(x.lstrip('/').split('/')):
                    if i != len(x.lstrip('/').split('/')):
                        #print "+"+x.lstrip('/').split('/')[i-1] # column
                        if '/'+'/'.join(x.lstrip('/').split('/')[0:i]) in backup.keys():
                            parent=backup['/'+'/'.join(x.lstrip('/').split('/')[0:i])]
                        else:
                            backup['/'+'/'.join(x.lstrip('/').split('/')[0:i])]=parent
                            parent=treestore.append(parent, [x.lstrip('/').split('/')[i-1]])
                    else:
                        #print "-"+x.lstrip('/').split('/')[i-1] # file
                        parent=treestore.append(parent, [x.lstrip('/').split('/')[i-1]])
                    i+=1

            tree.append_column(column)
            tree.set_model(treestore)

            self.add(tree)
            self.show_all()


PyApp()
gtk.main()