inotify_directory_file_event_monitoring_quickstart.py

1import inotify.adapters
2
3def _main():
4    # Initialize the inotify object
5    i = inotify.adapters.Inotify()
6
7    # Add a watch to a directory (e.g., /tmp)
8    # This will monitor the directory for various events
9    i.add_watch('/tmp')
10
11    print("Monitoring /tmp... Press Ctrl+C to stop.")
12
13    try:
14        # Read events from the buffer
15        for event in i.event_gen(yield_nones=False):
16            (_, type_names, path, filename) = event
17
18            print("PATH=[{}] FILENAME=[{}] EVENT_TYPES={}".format(
19                path, filename, type_names))
20    except KeyboardInterrupt:
21        pass
22
23if __name__ == '__main__':
24    _main()