Ruby's watchr equivalent in Python?

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I like the concept of watchr: it monitor the file system and run a callback when something changes. Is there a pure Python equivalent? Preferably pip installable.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182197/how-do-i-watch-a-file-for-changes-using-python is related (although probably not a duplicate) — Eli Bendersky, Apr 28 '11 at 09:22

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '11 at 13:03

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You should probably look at watchdog:

http://packages.python.org/watchdog/

answered Apr 28 '11 at 13:03

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Was looking for the same thing but it is more complicated to ue compared to Watchr – denysonique Aug 22 '11 at 08:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '11 at 04:26

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For Windows, there's watcher, that is probably close to what you need although I'm not sure it provides 100% equivalent information.

answered Apr 29 '11 at 04:26

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Ruby's watchr equivalent in Python?

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