inotify_directory_file_event_monitor_blocking_loop.py

1import inotify.adapters
2
3def _main():
4    i = inotify.adapters.Inotify()
5
6    # Watch the current directory
7    i.add_watch('.')
8
9    print("Monitoring current directory for events...")
10
11    try:
12        for event in i.event_gen(yield_nones=False):
13            (_, type_names, path, filename) = event
14
15            print("PATH=[{}] FILENAME=[{}] EVENT_TYPES={}".format(
16                path, filename, type_names))
17    finally:
18        i.remove_watch('.')
19
20if __name__ == '__main__':
21    _main()