Newbie-Question: Oberserving an directory

[Lee Harr]

In article <3d1352a7 at news.piro.net>, Marcus Klein wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I want to observe an directory to check if a new file has been put in, if 
> that happens I want to start an event.
> 
> Does anyone have a good idea how to start, I've tried it with signal, but 
> either I am too stupid or it is the complete wrong way :-/
> 

You do not say which OS you are using. If FreeBSD, you might look
at PyKQueue.

The first hit from google with pykqueue will take you there.