determining file changes in python

Question

Hi,

I have a text file being written by another process on a server which I want to watch for changes. Each time a change occurs I'd like to read the new data and send it to client . Any suggestions will be valuable . Using Django,Python

Tazim.

Answer 1

If you're using a recent Linux you should look into this:

http://trac.dbzteam.org/pyinotify

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182197/how-do-i-watch-a-file-for-changes-using-python goes into details for win32