https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify

Monitoring filesystems events with inotify on Linux.
https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify

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Monitoring filesystems events with inotify on Linux.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify
• Owner: seb-m
• License: mit
• Created: 2010-08-28T09:16:17.000Z (over 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-02T14:14:00.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-06T19:11:12.160Z (13 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify/wiki
• Size: 4.14 MB
• Stars: 2,292
• Watchers: 112
• Forks: 377
• Open Issues: 88
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
# Pyinotify

* License          : MIT

* Project URL      : [http://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify](http://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify)

* Project Wiki     : [http://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify/wiki](http://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify/wiki)

* API Documentation: [http://seb-m.github.com/pyinotify](http://seb-m.github.com/pyinotify)

## Dependencies

* Linux ≥ 2.6.13

* Python ≥ 2.4 (including Python 3.x)

## Install

### Get the current stable version from PyPI and install it with `pip`

    # To install pip follow http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

    $ sudo pip install pyinotify

### Or install Pyinotify directly from source

    # Choose your Python interpreter: either python, python2.7, python3.2,..

    # Replacing XXX accordingly, type:

    $ sudo pythonXXX setup.py install

## Watch a directory

Install pyinotify and run this command from a shell:

    $ python -m pyinotify -v /my-dir-to-watch