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# pyinotifyd
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A daemon to monitore filesystems events with inotify on Linux and execute tasks (Python methods or Shell commands) with an optional delay. It is also possible to cancel delayed tasks.
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## Requirements
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* [pyinotify](https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify)
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## Installation
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```sh
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pip install pyinotifyd
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```
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# Configuration
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The config file **/etc/pyinotifyd/config.py** is written in Python syntax. pyinotifyd reads and executes its content, that means you can add your custom Python code to the config file.
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## Tasks
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Tasks are Python methods that are called in case an event occurs.
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This is a very simple example task that just logs the task_id and the event:
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```python
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async def custom_task(event, task_id):
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logging.info(f"{task_id}: execute example task: {event}")
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```
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This task can be directly bound to an event in an event map. Although this is the easiest and quickest way, it is usually better to use a scheduler to schedule the task execution.
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## Schedulers
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pyinotifyd has different schedulers to schedule tasks with an optional delay. The advantages of using a scheduler are consistent logging and the possibility to cancel delayed tasks. Furthermore, schedulers have the ability to differentiate between files and directories.
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### TaskScheduler
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TaskScheduler to schedule *task* with an optional *delay* in seconds. Use the *files* and *dirs* arguments to schedule tasks only for files and/or directories.
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The *logname* argument is used to set a custom name for log messages. All arguments except for *task* are optional.
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```python
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s = TaskScheduler(task=custom_task, files=True, dirs=False, delay=0, logname="TaskScheduler")
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```
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TaskScheduler provides two tasks which can be bound to an event in an event map.
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* **s.schedule**
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Schedule a task. If there is already a scheduled task, it will be canceled first.
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* **s.cancel**
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Cancel a scheduled task.
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### ShellScheduler
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ShellScheduler to schedule Shell command *cmd*. The placeholders **{maskname}**, **{pathname}** and **{src_pathname}** are replaced with the actual values of the event. ShellScheduler has the same optional arguments as TaskScheduler and provides the same tasks.
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```python
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s1 = ShellScheduler(cmd="/usr/local/bin/task.sh {maskname} {pathname} {src_pathname}")
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```
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## Event maps
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Event maps are used to map event types to tasks. It is possible to set a list of tasks to run multiple tasks on a single event. If the task of an event type is set to None, it is ignored.
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This is an example:
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```python
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event_map = EventMap({"IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE": [s.schedule, s1.schedule],
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"IN_CLOSE_WRITE": s.schedule})
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```
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## Watches
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Watches *path* for event types in *event_map* and execute the corresponding task(s). If *rec* is True, a watch will be added on each subdirectory in *path*. If *auto_add* is True, a watch will be added automatically on newly created subdirectories in *path*.
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```python
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watch = Watch(path="/tmp", event_map=event_map, rec=False, auto_add=False)
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```
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## PyinotifydConfig
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pyinotifyd expects an instance of PyinotifydConfig named **pyinotifyd_config** that holds its config options. The options are a list of *watches*, the *loglevel* (see https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#levels) and the *shutdown_timeout*. pyinotifyd will wait *shutdown_timeout* seconds for pending tasks to complete during shutdown.
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```python
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pyinotifyd_config = PyinotifydConfig(watches=[watch], loglevel=logging.INFO, shutdown_timeout=30)
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```
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