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)