5.1.1.1. add_inotify_watch

mfutil.add_inotify_watch(inotify, directory, ignores=[])[source]

Register recursively directories to watch.

Parameters:
  • inotify (inotify object) – object that owns the file descriptors
  • directory (string) – complete path of a directory to scan.
  • ignores (list of strings) – list of shell-style wildcards
  • to define which filenames/dirnames to ignores (see fnmatch)