watch-dir.py

import sys
import pyinotify
from datetime import datetime

wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()
mask = pyinotify.IN_DELETE | pyinotify.IN_CREATE

files = {}

class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):
    def process_IN_CREATE(self, event):
        start = datetime.now()
        files[event.name] = start
        print "Creating:", event.name, str(start)

    def process_IN_DELETE(self, event):
        delta = datetime.now() - files[event.name]
        del files[event.name]
        print "Removing:", event.name, str(delta)

handler = EventHandler()
notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm, handler)
wdd = wm.add_watch(sys.argv[1], mask, rec=True)

notifier.loop()