root / transient_file.py

# Example
#
from pyinotify import *


class ProcessTransientFile(ProcessEvent):

    def process_IN_MODIFY(self, event):
        # We have explicitely registered for this kind of event.
        print '\t', event.pathname, ' -> written'

    def process_default(self, event):
        # Implicitely IN_CREATE and IN_DELATE are watched too. You can
        # ignore them and provide an empty process_default or you process them,
        # either with process_default or their dedicated method
        # (process_IN_CREATE, process_IN_DELETE), which will override
        # process_default.
        print 'default: ', event.maskname


wm = WatchManager()
notifier = Notifier(wm)
wm.watch_transient_file('/tmp/test1234', IN_MODIFY, ProcessTransientFile)
notifier.loop()