py-file-change
py-file-change is a tool that execute specific command when any file changes in the directory.
Usage
Start cmd/terminal and run following command.
$ python -m py-file-change config.jsonConfig file
py-file-change requires a configuration file to continue/start the process.
Create a configuration file in root directory or current working directory where you execute the py-file-change
Configuration file must be JSON file and should content required data.
| Name | Type | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cmd | required | - | command to execute |
| watch | optional | . | directory to watch |
| exclude_ends | optional | [] | ending files will be excluded |
| do_print | optional | false | print created, changed, deleted files |
| use_kill | optional | false | uses kill method instead terminate method |
Below is the configuration file example that will used to execute command python app.py , watch current directory(.) , if the name of file changed is ending with .json process won't terminate
{
"cmd" : "python app.py",
"watch" : ".",
"exclude_ends" : [
".json"
],
"do_print" : false,
"use_kill" : false
}py-file-change will take more CPU and Memory when you use it to detect changes in directory that contains large number of files.
