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python inotify daemon
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import multiprocessing | |
import os | |
import time | |
from functools import partial | |
import pyinotify | |
def is_alive(pid): | |
try: | |
os.kill(pid, 0) | |
except OSError: | |
return False | |
else: | |
return True | |
class Handler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent): | |
def process_IN_CREATE(self, event): | |
print event.pathname | |
def worker(directory, parent_pid): | |
wm = pyinotify.WatchManager() | |
notifier = pyinotify.ThreadedNotifier(wm, Handler()) | |
notifier.start() | |
wdd = wm.add_watch(directory, pyinotify.IN_CREATE) | |
waiting = True | |
while waiting: | |
if is_alive(parent_pid): | |
pass | |
else: | |
waiting = False | |
notifier.stop() | |
def main() | |
directory = '/tmp' | |
f = partial(worker, directory, os.getpid()) | |
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=f) | |
p.daemon = True | |
p.start() | |
time.sleep(10) | |
exit() | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
main() |
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