watchdog_testing.py

" Watchdog testing script right from the PyPI page (https://pypi.org/project/watchdog/) "
import sys
import time
import logging
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import LoggingEventHandler

if __name__ == "__main__":
    logging.basicConfig(
        level=logging.INFO,
        format="%(asctime)s - %(message)s",
        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
    )
    path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "."
    event_handler = LoggingEventHandler()
    observer = Observer()
    observer.schedule(event_handler, path, recursive=True)
    observer.start()
    try:
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
    finally:
        observer.stop()
        observer.join()