wiki:PyinotifyExamples

Pyinotify short examples

Examples Files Descriptions
 loop.py Minimal example, should be read first
 daemon.py Simple example demonstrating how to daemonize pyinotify
 chain.py Show how to chain together several processing methods for the same event
 exclude.py and  exclude.lst Show how to exclude a list of files from being watched
 not_quiet.py Demonstrate how to raise Exceptions on errors
 stats.py Simple example for displaying statistics, but it is a pretext for using processing methods, as well as chaining and callback functions on notifier.loop()
 stats_threaded.py Has the same purpose than stats.py but use a separate thread instead, this demonstrate how to use ThreadedNotifier
 transient_file.py and  transient_file.sh Used for watching a transient file
 tutorial_asyncnotifier.py Simple example using AsyncNotifier class as notifier (relies over  asyncore module)
 tutorial_notifier.py and  tutorial_threadednotifier.py Used as examples in the tutorial
 autocompile.py Can be used to recompile a target automatically when monitored files are modified.
 coalesce.py Coalescing events.

Directly browse  examples files from Pyinotify's repository.