How to check in python that a file in a folder has changed?

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I need to know in python whenever a new file was added/removed/modified in a particular directory Is there a way for that? I'm looking for an "inofity"-like function (from POSIX).

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*python inotify* -> **pyinotify** https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify/wiki — eumiro, Sep 25 '12 at 12:15
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score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '16 at 07:41

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You can use inotify for python, which is NOT the same as PyInotify (older).

answered Aug 11 '16 at 07:41

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '16 at 05:58

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As mentioned in the similar question, you might want to have a look at http://packages.python.org/watchdog/ which also works on Windows.

answered May 19 '16 at 05:58

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How to check in python that a file in a folder has changed?

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