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Pyinotify is a Python module for monitoring filesystems changes.

Pyinotify is a Python module for monitoring filesystems changes. Pyinotify relies on a Linux Kernel feature (merged in kernel 2.6.13) called inotify. inotify is an event-driven notifier, its notifications are exported from kernel space to user space through three system calls. pyinotify binds these system calls and provides an implementation on top of them offering a generic and abstract way to manipulate those functionalities.

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

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pyinotify methods not called

I want to create a module that will watch for folder. I write some of code: import os, pyinotify class FileWatcher: def start_watch(self, dir): wm = pyinotify.WatchManager() self.notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm,…
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Pyinotify -- event raised from original path after directory renaming

I use pyinotify to monitor my file system. The problem is when I rename a directory and create file in the renamed directory, the event is raised from original path(referred by event.name). Can't figure out what is wrong? Any problem with the…
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pyinotify return value from handled event

I'm trying to return a value from handled method. I'm very newbie using pyinotify, the code is: import pyinotify import time wm = pyinotify.WatchManager() mask = pyinotify.IN_OPEN class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent): endGame = False …
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pyinotify for a single file and related error

I know pyinotify can be used to watch for events for all files within a specific directory (recursively). How can I watch for events (say a create event) for a single file only? Basically, I need to have my python code perform some action as soon as…
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What is the best way to make a spool in a directory with pyinotify?

im trying to move every file in a directory to another when they are created. Maybe i could stop the daemon (pyinotify instance running) cleanly, and the original files continue to be created in the orig/spool directory. I want to be processed after…
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most performatic free database for file system tracking

I'm tracking a linux filesystem (that could be any type) with pyinotify module for python (which is actually the linux kernel behind doing the job). Many directories/folders/files (as much as the user want to) are being tracked with my application…
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Get name of thread instance calling event

I was just wondering how to get the name of a pyinotify.ThreadedNotifier calling my EventHandler. pyinotify.ThreadedNotifier automatically get's a name like "Thread-1", "Thread-2", and so on. import pyinotify class…
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How does kernel know file is closed

What exactly is the mechanism by which the linux knows that a file has been closed ? I know commands such as INOTIFY would trigger IN_CLOSE_WRITE event when a file is closed. But how does it work ? What triggers close of a file ? Similarly how does…
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inotify Beacon on Oracle Linux using Salt

I have a beacon working on OL 7.8 but when I try the same config on OL 7.7 it does not fire. I am not seeing anything in the minion logs when it starts, no errors on the beacon. Anything you can think of to check? The simple beacon: inotify: -…
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How to make mod_python to wait for the updated text file to read?

import cgi def fill(): s = """\

Type a word:

""" return s # Receive the Request object def…
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PyQt signal-slots and OS events

My PyQt application needs to learn about certain OS events (such as Unix Signals, or Filesystem events). For example, say myReaper (a unix process) will execute myProvider (another Unix process) and waits for for its child to exit. myReaper then…
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Trigger inotify events

I have a python script using Pyinotify that does some stuff on IN_MOVED_TO. What's the easiest way to trigger the script on specific files, using another python script, without actually moving the files out and back in?
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Make pyinotify daemon die after a certain amount of time

I have a process which is writing .txt files to a directory. I use pyinotify to monitor the directory and count the number of files written the directory. There is a max number of txt files that will be written. After this limit is reached, the…
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Read new DICOM files in folder with pyinotify and pydicom

I'm trying to process new files in given folder with pyinotify watchdog with this code: import pyinotify import pydicom as pyd class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent): def process_IN_CREATE(self, event): if not event.dir: …
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Why IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE on Google Compute Engine w/Debian Stretch and pyinotify?

I tried setting up Fail2Ban on Google Cloud Compute Engine virtual machines based on stock Google images. Fail2Ban installs with apt-get and runs fine but the rules never fire. When I verify the rules with fail2ban-regex the rules do match lines in…
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