"Jason H" <jh...@gmx.com>: > 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.
Don't know about inotify(). However, strace reveals that python3's os.rename() performs a regular rename(2) system call. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list