On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:43:04 -0600, rumours say that Greg Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>I am writing an application where I need to recognize when a file >arrives in a given directory. Files may arrive at any time during the >course of the day. Do I set up a cron job to poll the directory every >few minutes? Write a daemon to monitor the directory? Or is there some >other more common/accepted way to perform this task? I'm using Python >2.3 on Linux. The most common way to watch for a file or a directory change (in my experience) is to use the SGI fam (file alteration monitor); I think it has been ported to Linux. Otherwise, either way you describe is common use. Suggestion: first check for changes in the st_mtime of the directory, then search for the file existence. -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
