On 2015-07-20, Jason H <jh...@gmx.com> wrote: > I have a server process that looks (watches via inotify) for files > to be moved (renamed) into a particular directory from elsewhere on > the same filesystem. We do this because it is an atomic operation, > and our server process can see the modify events of the file being > written before it is closed. The rename functions as a 'completed' > event. We have a python script that attempts to perform this > behavior - to os.rename() a file into the watched directory after it > is done being written. However unlike other tools, we don't see a > proper 'rename' event. Instead we just see a 'changed' event. I've > changed the implementation of the script to os.system('mv ...') and > we get the expected 'rename' event. > > Is this known issue? Should I be seeing a proper rename event? The > only mention in the docs about the rename behavior is that it is > atomic, as required by POSIX.
os.rename() should just be calling the operating system rename(2) function. I think you must be doing something wrong. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list