#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

import sys
from pyinotify import  ThreadedNotifier, WatchManager, EventsCodes, ProcessEvent

if __name__ == '__main__':
    path = '/home/blabla/tmp/file.txt'
    mask = EventsCodes.ALL_EVENTS
    wm = WatchManager()
    notifier = ThreadedNotifier(wm, ProcessEvent())
    notifier.start()
    wm.add_watch(path, mask, None, True, True, True)
    print 'start monitoring %s with mask 0x%08x' % (path, mask)
    while True:
        try:
            import time
            time.sleep(5)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            print 'stop monitoring...'
            notifier.stop()
            break
        except Exception, err:
            print err