[python-win32] subtree problem with ReadDirectoryChangesW

[Chris]

Hi!

I got a problem with win32file.ReadDirectoryChangesW(),that is how to watch a root dir with subdirs?
Here is my code:

[START]
import win32api,win32file,time,threading
from win32con import *

class worker(threading.Thread):
   pass
  
def watch_dir_1():
        dirName = "d:\\"
        hdir = win32file.CreateFile(
            dirName,
            GENERIC_READ,
            FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE|FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
            pywintypes.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES(),
            OPEN_EXISTING,
            FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
            0
            )
        print hdir
        while(1):
            time.sleep(.5)  
            print win32file.ReadDirectoryChangesW(
                hdir,
                50,
                100,
                FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE,
                None,
                None
                )

def watch_dir():
  watch_worker = worker()
  watch_worker.run = watch_dir_1
  watch_worker.start()

watch_dir()
time.sleep(500)

[END]

The result is that the api works good only if the changes in in top-level and second-level, else I got a () only. 

I search for msdn and found that there is a parameter 'BOOL bWatchSubtree' in the original api, where is it in pywin32?
What can I do now ? Maybe only I can do is to create a watcher thread for each directory in d:\\
Thanks for your help.



Chris
2007-12-14