watcher
Filesystem watcher. Works anywhere. Simple, efficient and friendly. (by e-dant)
watchdog
Python library and shell utilities to monitor filesystem events. (by gorakhargosh)
| watcher | watchdog | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 15 | |
| 628 | 6,276 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.5 | 7.9 | |
| 13 days ago | 3 months ago | |
| C++ | Python | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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watcher
Posts with mentions or reviews of watcher.
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What are some good examples of c++ code
I’ve tried to make this library simple and correct: https://github.com/e-dant/watcher
- I like these names. Very human. 'what happen'
- Show HN: Filesystem Watcher
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File System Watcher
It’s being addressed here:
https://github.com/e-dant/watcher/issues/10
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Filesystem Watcher
Applicable to embedded systems with a filesystem, Watcher is an arbitrary filesystem event watcher. It strives to be: * simple * efficient * dependency free * runnable anywhere with a filesystem * header only
watchdog
Posts with mentions or reviews of watchdog.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-10.
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Unexpected Expected Thriller: A Tale of Coding Curiosity
Today, I'm going to take you on a thrilling coding adventure inspired by a LinkedIn code snippet, where I tangled with FastAPI, River, Watchdog, and Tenacity. Ready? Buckle up!
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Observe WebserverFolder with local python script
If the server is receiving the files, why don't you have it initializing the required routines? However, if that's not possible for whatever reason, there are libraries to watch the file system for changes, eg. watchdog.
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I look for a light solution to auto reload my asyncio python script
I have looked https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog but I would like to know if other tools would be more suitable.
- Best way to format Comments and Docstrings? All help would be massively appreciated!
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Watchman: Execute a command when something changes
Also not to be confused with watchdog and it's command watchmedo, which is what I thought this was when I first read the headline. I don't know what the differences are, but I use this to restart my local celery workers when I make changes. It's scripted out so I don't ever use the command directly.
https://pypi.org/project/watchdog/
https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog
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Monitor Django's media directory to detect new files
I was thinking of using watchdog library, but for some reason i feel like if it is not a good option,
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Echo to file results in two watchdog modified events
I think this has been a bug for a while:https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/issues/346
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PyNotify: An asyncio interface to the Linux inotify API
Watchdog is another similar package OP might find inspiration in. It works with inotify and the windows and macos counterparts. https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog
- Any thoughts on using watchdog for checking if a video file has been fully rendered?
- Run Python script as a service
What are some alternatives?
When comparing watcher and watchdog you can also consider the following projects:
dotfiles - :octocat: Tim does dotfiles
python-magic - A python wrapper for libmagic
fswatch - A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.
pathlib
fwe - File Watch Execute
PyFilesystem2 - Python's Filesystem abstraction layer
reflex - Run a command when files change
path.py - Object-oriented file system path manipulation
Zork - Project manager and builder automation tool for modern C++ projects
Unipath - An object-oriented approach to Python file/directory operations.
glaze-conan - A basic Conan recipe for the glaze json IO library
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