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Watchdog is a Python API library and shell utilities to monitor file system events.

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How to run an function when anything changes in a dir with Python Watchdog?

I'm trying to use watchdog to run a sync script whenever anything changes in a dir (except for one specific file). I simply copied the code from the readme (pasted below), which does what it says; log which file has changed. import sys import…
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Python watchdog windows wait till copy finishes

I am using the Python watchdog module on a Windows 2012 server to monitor new files appearing on a shared drive. When watchdog notices the new file it kicks off a database restore process. However, it seems that watchdog will attempt to restore the…
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How to refresh the boto3 credetials when python script is running indefinitely

I am trying to write a python script that uses watchdog to look for file creation and upload that to s3 using boto3. However, my boto3 credentials expire after every 12hrs, So I need to renew them. I am storing my boto3 credentials in…
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"cannot import name 'EVENT_TYPE_OPENED' from 'watchdog.events' "

I'm trying to make a REST api (begginer) but when i tried to initialize the server from this code: from flask import Flask app = Flask(__name__) if __name__=='__main__': app.run(debug=True, port=4000) i get this error in the prompt: from…
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Simplest way for PyQT Threading

I have a GUI in PyQt with a function addImage(image_path). Easy to imagine, it is called when a new image should be added into a QListWidget. For the detection of new images in a folder, I use a threading.Thread with watchdog to detect file changes…
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Watchdog getting events thrice in Python 3

I'm creating a program in Python using Watchdog that watches a set of files and takes actions based on changes. I put the exact example from their site in a file: import sys import time import logging from watchdog.observers import Observer from…
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How do I watch a file, not a directory for changes using Python?

The question: How do I watch a file for changes using Python? suggests using watchdog, but I found it was only able to watch a directory, not a file. watchdog-test.py is watchdog's sample script: $ python watchdog-test.py ab_test_res.sh & [1]…
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How to fix ‘“ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:” when trying to install watchdog using pip

I am revisiting the python language and experiencing difficulty setting up my environment. I am using - Mac Mojave (10.14) - python 2.7.10 (packaged with the system) - python 3.7.4 (installed using homebrew) - homebrew 2.1.14 - pip 19.2.3 I…
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flask application with watchdog observer

I am seeking for an example for flask-based web application with watchdog observer. More specifically, I want to use the watchdog observer to detect any changes in pre-defined directories and update a web application based on the changes. I can find…
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Python Watchdog process existing files on startup

I have a simple Watchdog and Queue process to monitor files in a directory. Code taken from https://camcairns.github.io/python/2017/09/06/python_watchdog_jobs_queue.html import time from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler from…
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How to check for change in the directory at FTP server?

I want to get the file from FTP server to local as soon as new file is added in directory on FTP. I know changes in the directory at local machine can be seen using watchdog observer. But I want to check for the change in the directory (addition of…
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Watchdog observer not running in container

I am using watchdog to monitor a file directory for filesystem events. If this watcher script detects an event, I want to make an entry in a database (in this case Mongodb). The file system to be watched is actually a Docker volume linking its…
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Python watchdog: How to handle the watched directory being deleted?

I am happily using the watchdog package, specifically PollingObserver, to watch directories for file events. It works great - until the directory I am watching is deleted. What then happens is the code that is polling the directory calls stat() on a…
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Using python-watchdog to monitor a folder, but when I rename a file, I haven't been able to find a way to see the new filename

Renaming a file that is being monitored in watchdog produces a on_moved event trigger. The problem I'm having is that there is no way to tell what the file was moved/renamed to (as the on_moved event trigger also happens when a file was renamed). Is…
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watchdog(python) - monitor only one file format and ignore everything else in 'PatternMatchingEventHandler'

I'm running code from this article and made some changes to monitor file creations/additions of only one format, that's .csv in a specified directory. the problem now is: My program breaks(stops monitoring, but keeps running), whenever the new…
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