script using pyinotify

pyinotify_test.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright : (c) SAEKI Yoshiyasu
# License   : MIT-style license
#             <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
# last updated: 2010/12/11


import pyinotify

wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()


class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):
    def process_IN_CREATE(self, evt):
        print "create ", evt.pathname

    def process_IN_DELETE(self, evt):
        print "delete ", evt.pathname


notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm, EventHandler())
mask = pyinotify.IN_DELETE | pyinotify.IN_CREATE
watcher = wm.add_watch("TARGET_DIR", mask, rec=True)
notifier.loop()