I just found this for win32 which seems to be the same as FAM provides: http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/watch_directory_for_changes.html
So it's not about FAM as a definitive product to be used but more like something nearer to the OS that is there anyway and will tell you about it... -- http://noneisyours.marcher.name http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoneIsYours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list