doc/examples/simple.py

import sys
import time
from watchdog import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

class MyEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
    def catch_all_handler(self, event):
        logging.debug(event)

    def on_moved(self, event):
        self.catch_all_handler(event)

    def on_created(self, event):
        self.catch_all_handler(event)

    def on_deleted(self, event):
        self.catch_all_handler(event)

    def on_modified(self, event):
        self.catch_all_handler(event)


event_handler = MyEventHandler()
observer = Observer()
observer.schedule('a-unique-name', event_handler, sys.argv[1:], recursive=True)
observer.start()
try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    observer.unschedule('a-unique-name')
    observer.stop()
observer.join()