import time from watchdog.observers import Observer from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler class MyHandler(FileSystemEventHandler): def __init__(self, function): self.function = function def on_any_event(self, _event): # Handle the event (e.g., file created, modified, deleted) self.function() class FileWatchdog: def __init__(self, path): self.path = path self.time = 0 event_handler = MyHandler(lambda: self.event_handler()) self.observer = Observer() self.observer.schedule(event_handler, path, recursive=True) self.observer.start() def event_handler(self): #print("change detected") self.time = time.time() def stop(self): self.observer.stop() if __name__ == "__main__": wdt = FileWatchdog("./web") try: while True: time.sleep(1) print(wdt.time) except KeyboardInterrupt: wdt.stop()