filemonitor.py

# import the modules
import sys
import time
import logging
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import LoggingEventHandler

print ('''
    ****************************************************   
    *   ___ _ _       __  __          _ _              *
    *  | __(_) |___  |  \/  |___ _ _ (_) |_ ___ _ _    *
    *  | _|| | / -_) | |\/| / _ \ ' \| |  _/ _ \ '_|   *
    *  |_| |_|_\___| |_|  |_\___/_||_|_|\__\___/_|     *
    *                                                  *
    *  a code to observe and                           *
    *       detect changes in a particular directory   *
    *                                                  *
    ****************************************************
       ''')

if __name__ == "__main__":
	# Set the format for logging info
	logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
						format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s',
						datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

	# Set format for displaying path
	path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.'

	# Initialize logging event handler
	event_handler = LoggingEventHandler()

	# Initialize Observer
	observer = Observer()
	observer.schedule(event_handler, path, recursive=True)

	# Start the observer
	observer.start()
	try:
		while True:
			# Set the thread sleep time
			time.sleep(1)
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
		observer.stop()
	observer.join()
input("Enter To Exit")