thefilewatch 0.0.7.dev0

multi-files watcher

the file watch

• capable to watch multi files at the same time.
• base on pyinotify
• easy to use

install

$ pip install thefilewatch

how to use

import sys
from thefilewatch.file_watch import BaseWatchHandler, FileWatch

class PrintHandler(BaseWatchHandler):

    def process(self, content):
        print('getting content ', content)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print('need watch files')
        exit(1)
    else:
        file_list = sys.argv[1:]
    
    watcher = FileWatch(file_list, PrintHandler())
    watcher.start()

start watching files

$ python -m thefilewatch.file_watch a.txt b.txt

examples

see more specific examples in handler