Python – pyinotify – Observe Files and Directories – open, close, delete

1	sudo pip install pyinotify

Example

1	a@a:~$ vim notify_test.py

import pyinotify

class MyEventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):

def process_IN_ACCESS(self, event):

print "ACCESS event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_ATTRIB(self, event):

print "ATTRIB event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE(self, event):

print "CLOSE_NOWRITE event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_CLOSE_WRITE(self, event):

print "CLOSE_WRITE event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_CREATE(self, event):

print "CREATE event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_DELETE(self, event):

print "DELETE event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_MODIFY(self, event):

print "MODIFY event:", event.pathname

def process_IN_OPEN(self, event):

print "OPEN event:", event.pathname

def main():

# watch manager

wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()

wm.add_watch('/var/log', pyinotify.ALL_EVENTS, rec=True)

# event handler

eh = MyEventHandler()

# notifier

notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm, eh)

notifier.loop()

if __name__ == '__main__':

main()

1	python notify_test.py

MODIFY event: /var/log/auth.log

MODIFY event: /var/log/syslog

MODIFY event: /var/log/auth.log

MODIFY event: /var/log/syslog

MODIFY event: /var/log/auth.log

MODIFY event: /var/log/syslog

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