I am a beginner to pything and I am looking to monitor a directory and run a script everytime something is input into the directory. I am wondering the best method for doing this using python? Any point in the right direction I would appreciate.
crag0 0 Newbie Poster
ihatehippies 11 Junior Poster
if you google "monitor changes to folder python" the first link that comes up is http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/watch_directory_for_changes.html
Pretty useful article
crag0 0 Newbie Poster
Yea I missed this article. Thank you for the direction.
Gribouillis 1,391 Programming Explorer Team Colleague
TrustyTony 888 ex-Moderator Team Colleague Featured Poster
For record I also posted as one of my first code snippets http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/code/282009/watch-for-change-of-files-in-directories
It is long time ago and surely not most efficient, but it does work.
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