async watch directory for new files
Zoran
zljubisic at gmail.com
Sat Apr 24 16:12:56 EDT 2021
On Saturday, 24 April 2021 at 18:52:24 UTC+2, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Zoran wrote at 2021-4-23 14:31 -0700:
> >I need to watch for new files in directory, and when it shows up, I should create async task with file's full path for it, and wait for new file.
> >
> >If anyone here used a library for such task, please share which one.
> The solution likely depends on the OS you are using.
>
> For Linux, `inotify` informs applications about file system changes.
> PyPI contains a binding for it -- with identical name.
As I can see https://pypi.org/project/inotify/ is not asyncio frendly.
Whatever I use, it should be asynchronous.
Final OS is linux (Centos 7), but I am doing development on Windows 10 machine, so it would be nice if I have something that works on both.
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