Watchdog.md (638B)
1 # Watchdog 2 3 **Source:** [Watchdog Documentation](https://python-watchdog.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) 4 5 ## Details 6 7 The `watchdog` package is used to monitor changes to the filesystem, using inotify on Linux, but the specifics don't matter too much as it works across platforms. 8 9 The usage of the module is primry done with `Observer` objects which accept a function and path, amongst other optional arguments, and calls the function when files are observed to have changed. 10 11 NOTE: By default, an `Observer` does not listen for updates in subdirectories, and thus requires passing in the `recursive=True` input to listen for them.