watchdog.observers

module:

watchdog.observers

synopsis:

Observer that picks a native implementation if available.

author:

yesudeep@google.com (Yesudeep Mangalapilly)

author:

Mickaël Schoentgen <contact@tiger-222.fr>

Classes

watchdog.observers.Observer

alias of InotifyObserver

Observer thread that schedules watching directories and dispatches calls to event handlers.

You can also import platform specific classes directly and use it instead of Observer. Here is a list of implemented observer classes.:

Class	Platforms	Note
inotify.InotifyObserver	Linux 2.6.13+	inotify(7) based observer
fsevents.FSEventsObserver	macOS	FSEvents based observer
kqueue.KqueueObserver	macOS and BSD with kqueue(2)	kqueue(2) based observer
read_directory_changes.WindowsApiObserver	Microsoft Windows	Windows API-based observer
polling.PollingObserver	Any	fallback implementation