import os
import win32con
import win32file
path_to_watch = 'E:/test'
ACTIONS = {
1: "Created",
2: "Deleted",
3: "Updated",
4: "Renamed from something",
5: "Renamed to something"
}
FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY = 0x0001
print('Watching changes in', path_to_watch)
hDir = win32file.CreateFile(
path_to_watch,
FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
None,
win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
win32con.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
None
)
while True:
results = win32file.ReadDirectoryChangesW(
hDir,
1024,
True,
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME |
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME |
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES |
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE |
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE |
win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY,
None,
None)
for action, filename in results:
full_filename = os.path.join(path_to_watch, filename)
print(full_filename, ACTIONS.get(action, "Unknown"))
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