我不知道任何Windows特有的函数。您可以尝试每秒钟/分钟/小时获取文件的MD5哈希值(取决于您需要它的速度)，并将其与最后的哈希值进行比较。当它不同时，您知道文件已被更改，并读取最新的行。

我会尝试这样的方法。

    try:
            f = open(filePath)
    except IOError:
            print "No such file: %s" % filePath
            raw_input("Press Enter to close window")
    try:
            lines = f.readlines()
            while True:
                    line = f.readline()
                    try:
                            if not line:
                                    time.sleep(1)
                            else:
                                    functionThatAnalisesTheLine(line)
                    except Exception, e:
                            # handle the exception somehow (for example, log the trace) and raise the same exception again
                            raw_input("Press Enter to close window")
                            raise e
    finally:
            f.close()

循环检查自上次读取文件以来是否有新的行——如果有，则将其读取并传递给functionThatAnalisesTheLine函数。如果不是，脚本等待1秒并重试该进程。

看看我对类似问题的回答。您可以在Python中尝试相同的循环。本页建议:

import time

while 1:
    where = file.tell()
    line = file.readline()
    if not line:
        time.sleep(1)
        file.seek(where)
    else:
        print line, # already has newline

还可以使用Python查看文件中的问题tail()。

如果轮询对您来说足够好，我只观察“修改的时间”文件统计是否发生变化。阅读方法:

os.stat(filename).st_mtime

(还要注意，Windows本机更改事件解决方案并不在所有情况下都有效，例如在网络驱动器上。)

import os

class Monkey(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self._cached_stamp = 0
        self.filename = '/path/to/file'

    def ook(self):
        stamp = os.stat(self.filename).st_mtime
        if stamp != self._cached_stamp:
            self._cached_stamp = stamp
            # File has changed, so do something...

正如您在Tim Golden的文章(由Horst Gutmann指出)中看到的，WIN32相对复杂，它监视目录，而不是单个文件。

我建议你研究一下IronPython，它是一个。net python实现。 在IronPython中，你可以使用所有的。net功能——包括

System.IO.FileSystemWatcher

它用一个简单的Event接口处理单个文件。

好吧，因为你在使用Python，你可以打开一个文件，并继续从它读取行。

f = open('file.log')

如果读取的行不是空的，则处理它。

line = f.readline()
if line:
    // Do what you want with the line

您可能忽略了在EOF中继续调用readline是可以的。在这种情况下，它会一直返回空字符串。当将某些内容追加到日志文件时，将根据需要从它停止的地方继续读取。

如果您正在寻找使用事件或特定库的解决方案，请在您的问题中指定。否则，我认为这个解决方案就可以了。

在对蒂姆·戈尔登的剧本进行了一些修改后，我有了以下似乎工作得相当不错的内容:

import os

import win32file
import win32con

path_to_watch = "." # look at the current directory
file_to_watch = "test.txt" # look for changes to a file called test.txt

def ProcessNewData( newData ):
    print "Text added: %s"%newData

# Set up the bits we'll need for output
ACTIONS = {
  1 : "Created",
  2 : "Deleted",
  3 : "Updated",
  4 : "Renamed from something",
  5 : "Renamed to something"
}
FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY = 0x0001
hDir = win32file.CreateFile (
  path_to_watch,
  FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
  win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
  None,
  win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
  win32con.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
  None
)

# Open the file we're interested in
a = open(file_to_watch, "r")

# Throw away any exising log data
a.read()

# Wait for new data and call ProcessNewData for each new chunk that's written
while 1:
  # Wait for a change to occur
  results = win32file.ReadDirectoryChangesW (
    hDir,
    1024,
    False,
    win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE,
    None,
    None
  )

  # For each change, check to see if it's updating the file we're interested in
  for action, file in results:
    full_filename = os.path.join (path_to_watch, file)
    #print file, ACTIONS.get (action, "Unknown")
    if file == file_to_watch:
        newText = a.read()
        if newText != "":
            ProcessNewData( newText )

它可能需要进行更多的错误检查，但对于简单地观察日志文件并在将其输出到屏幕之前对其进行一些处理，这样做效果很好。

谢谢大家的投入-很棒的东西!

它不应该在windows上工作(也许与cygwin ?)，但对于unix用户，您应该使用“fcntl”系统调用。下面是Python中的一个例子。如果你需要用C语言写的话，基本上是相同的代码(相同的函数名)

import time
import fcntl
import os
import signal

FNAME = "/HOME/TOTO/FILETOWATCH"

def handler(signum, frame):
    print "File %s modified" % (FNAME,)

signal.signal(signal.SIGIO, handler)
fd = os.open(FNAME,  os.O_RDONLY)
fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETSIG, 0)
fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_NOTIFY,
            fcntl.DN_MODIFY | fcntl.DN_CREATE | fcntl.DN_MULTISHOT)

while True:
    time.sleep(10000)

下面是Kender代码的简化版本，它似乎做了同样的技巧，并且没有导入整个文件:

# Check file for new data.

import time

f = open(r'c:\temp\test.txt', 'r')

while True:

    line = f.readline()
    if not line:
        time.sleep(1)
        print 'Nothing New'
    else:
        print 'Call Function: ', line

看看pyinotify。

Inotify在新的linux中取代了dnotify(从以前的答案)，并允许文件级而不是目录级监控。

你试过用看门狗吗?

Python API库和shell实用程序来监视文件系统事件。 目录监视变得很容易 一个跨平台的API。 一个shell工具，用于在目录更改时运行命令。 用一个简单的例子开始快速入门…

如果您想要一个多平台解决方案，那么请检查QFileSystemWatcher。 下面是一个示例代码(未消毒):

from PyQt4 import QtCore

@QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def directory_changed(path):
    print('Directory Changed!!!')

@QtCore.pyqtSlot(str)
def file_changed(path):
    print('File Changed!!!')

fs_watcher = QtCore.QFileSystemWatcher(['/path/to/files_1', '/path/to/files_2', '/path/to/files_3'])

fs_watcher.connect(fs_watcher, QtCore.SIGNAL('directoryChanged(QString)'), directory_changed)
fs_watcher.connect(fs_watcher, QtCore.SIGNAL('fileChanged(QString)'), file_changed)

这是对Tim Goldan脚本的另一种修改，它运行在unix类型上，并通过使用dict (file=>time)为文件修改添加了一个简单的监控器。

用法:whatvername .py path_to_dir_to_watch

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys, time

def files_to_timestamp(path):
    files = [os.path.join(path, f) for f in os.listdir(path)]
    return dict ([(f, os.path.getmtime(f)) for f in files])

if __name__ == "__main__":

    path_to_watch = sys.argv[1]
    print('Watching {}..'.format(path_to_watch))

    before = files_to_timestamp(path_to_watch)

    while 1:
        time.sleep (2)
        after = files_to_timestamp(path_to_watch)

        added = [f for f in after.keys() if not f in before.keys()]
        removed = [f for f in before.keys() if not f in after.keys()]
        modified = []

        for f in before.keys():
            if not f in removed:
                if os.path.getmtime(f) != before.get(f):
                    modified.append(f)

        if added: print('Added: {}'.format(', '.join(added)))
        if removed: print('Removed: {}'.format(', '.join(removed)))
        if modified: print('Modified: {}'.format(', '.join(modified)))

        before = after

ACTIONS = {
  1 : "Created",
  2 : "Deleted",
  3 : "Updated",
  4 : "Renamed from something",
  5 : "Renamed to something"
}
FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY = 0x0001

class myThread (threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, threadID, fileName, directory, origin):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.threadID = threadID
        self.fileName = fileName
        self.daemon = True
        self.dir = directory
        self.originalFile = origin
    def run(self):
        startMonitor(self.fileName, self.dir, self.originalFile)

def startMonitor(fileMonitoring,dirPath,originalFile):
    hDir = win32file.CreateFile (
        dirPath,
        FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
        win32con.FILE_SHARE_READ | win32con.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
        None,
        win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
        win32con.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
        None
    )
    # Wait for new data and call ProcessNewData for each new chunk that's
    # written
    while 1:
        # Wait for a change to occur
        results = win32file.ReadDirectoryChangesW (
            hDir,
            1024,
            False,
            win32con.FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE,
            None,
            None
        )
        # For each change, check to see if it's updating the file we're
        # interested in
        for action, file_M in results:
            full_filename = os.path.join (dirPath, file_M)
            #print file, ACTIONS.get (action, "Unknown")
            if len(full_filename) == len(fileMonitoring) and action == 3:
                #copy to main file
                ...

这是一个检查文件更改的示例。这可能不是最好的方法，但肯定是一条捷径。

方便的工具，重新启动应用程序时，已作出更改的源。我在玩pygame的时候做了这个，这样我就可以看到文件保存后立即发生的效果。

当在pygame中使用时，确保'while'循环中的东西被放置在你的游戏循环中，也就是更新或其他什么。否则你的应用将陷入无限循环，你将看不到游戏的更新。

file_size_stored = os.stat('neuron.py').st_size

  while True:
    try:
      file_size_current = os.stat('neuron.py').st_size
      if file_size_stored != file_size_current:
        restart_program()
    except: 
      pass

如果你想要重启代码我在网上找到的。在这儿。(与问题无关，但可能会派上用场)

def restart_program(): #restart application
    python = sys.executable
    os.execl(python, python, * sys.argv)

让电子做你想让它们做的事情。

对我来说，最简单的解决方法就是使用看门狗的工具watchmedo

从https://pypi.python.org/pypi/watchdog我现在有一个进程，在一个目录中查找sql文件，并在必要时执行它们。

watchmedo shell-command \
--patterns="*.sql" \
--recursive \
--command='~/Desktop/load_files_into_mysql_database.sh' \
.

下面是一个示例，用于观察每秒写入不超过一行但通常要少得多的输入文件。目标是将最后一行(最近的写入)追加到指定的输出文件。我从我的一个项目中复制了这个，只是删除了所有不相关的行。你必须填写或修改缺失的符号。

from PyQt5.QtCore import QFileSystemWatcher, QSettings, QThread
from ui_main_window import Ui_MainWindow   # Qt Creator gen'd 

class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
        Ui_MainWindow.__init__(self)
        self._fileWatcher = QFileSystemWatcher()
        self._fileWatcher.fileChanged.connect(self.fileChanged)

    def fileChanged(self, filepath):
        QThread.msleep(300)    # Reqd on some machines, give chance for write to complete
        # ^^ About to test this, may need more sophisticated solution
        with open(filepath) as file:
            lastLine = list(file)[-1]
        destPath = self._filemap[filepath]['dest file']
        with open(destPath, 'a') as out_file:               # a= append
            out_file.writelines([lastLine])

当然，并不是严格要求包含QMainWindow类。您可以单独使用QFileSystemWatcher。

最好和最简单的解决方案是使用pygtail: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pygtail

from pygtail import Pygtail
import sys

while True:
    for line in Pygtail("some.log"):
        sys.stdout.write(line)

为了用轮询和最小依赖来观察单个文件，下面是一个完整的例子，基于Deestan的回答(上面):

import os
import sys 
import time

class Watcher(object):
    running = True
    refresh_delay_secs = 1

    # Constructor
    def __init__(self, watch_file, call_func_on_change=None, *args, **kwargs):
        self._cached_stamp = 0
        self.filename = watch_file
        self.call_func_on_change = call_func_on_change
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs

    # Look for changes
    def look(self):
        stamp = os.stat(self.filename).st_mtime
        if stamp != self._cached_stamp:
            self._cached_stamp = stamp
            # File has changed, so do something...
            print('File changed')
            if self.call_func_on_change is not None:
                self.call_func_on_change(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

    # Keep watching in a loop        
    def watch(self):
        while self.running: 
            try: 
                # Look for changes
                time.sleep(self.refresh_delay_secs) 
                self.look() 
            except KeyboardInterrupt: 
                print('\nDone') 
                break 
            except FileNotFoundError:
                # Action on file not found
                pass
            except: 
                print('Unhandled error: %s' % sys.exc_info()[0])

# Call this function each time a change happens
def custom_action(text):
    print(text)

watch_file = 'my_file.txt'

# watcher = Watcher(watch_file)  # simple
watcher = Watcher(watch_file, custom_action, text='yes, changed')  # also call custom action function
watcher.watch()  # start the watch going

你也可以使用一个简单的库，叫做repyt，下面是一个例子:

repyt ./app.py

似乎没有人张贴fswatch。它是一个跨平台的文件系统监视器。只要安装它，运行它，并按照提示。

我在python和golang程序中使用过它，它只是工作。

相关@4Oh4解决方案一个流畅的更改文件列表观看;

import os
import sys
import time

class Watcher(object):
    running = True
    refresh_delay_secs = 1

    # Constructor
    def __init__(self, watch_files, call_func_on_change=None, *args, **kwargs):
        self._cached_stamp = 0
        self._cached_stamp_files = {}
        self.filenames = watch_files
        self.call_func_on_change = call_func_on_change
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs

    # Look for changes
    def look(self):
        for file in self.filenames:
            stamp = os.stat(file).st_mtime
            if not file in self._cached_stamp_files:
                self._cached_stamp_files[file] = 0
            if stamp != self._cached_stamp_files[file]:
                self._cached_stamp_files[file] = stamp
                # File has changed, so do something...
                file_to_read = open(file, 'r')
                value = file_to_read.read()
                print("value from file", value)
                file_to_read.seek(0)
                if self.call_func_on_change is not None:
                    self.call_func_on_change(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

    # Keep watching in a loop
    def watch(self):
        while self.running:
            try:
                # Look for changes
                time.sleep(self.refresh_delay_secs)
                self.look()
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                print('\nDone')
                break
            except FileNotFoundError:
                # Action on file not found
                pass
            except Exception as e:
                print(e)
                print('Unhandled error: %s' % sys.exc_info()[0])

# Call this function each time a change happens
def custom_action(text):
    print(text)
    # pass

watch_files = ['/Users/mexekanez/my_file.txt', '/Users/mexekanez/my_file1.txt']

# watcher = Watcher(watch_file)  # simple



if __name__ == "__main__":
    watcher = Watcher(watch_files, custom_action, text='yes, changed')  # also call custom action function
    watcher.watch()  # start the watch going

如果您正在使用窗口，请创建此POLL。CMD文件

@echo off
:top
xcopy /m /y %1 %2 | find /v "File(s) copied"
timeout /T 1 > nul
goto :top

然后您可以输入“poll dir1 dir2”，它将从dir1复制所有文件到dir2，并每秒检查一次更新。

“find”是可选的，只是为了减少控制台的噪音。

这不是递归的。也许你可以在xcopy中使用/e使它成为递归。

因为我已经全局安装了它，所以我最喜欢的方法是使用nodemon。如果你的源代码在src中，你的入口点是src/app.py，那么就像这样简单:

nodemon -w 'src/**' -e py,html --exec python src/app.py

．.． 其中-e py,html允许您控制要监视更改的文件类型。

import inotify.adapters
from datetime import datetime


LOG_FILE='/var/log/mysql/server_audit.log'


def main():
    start_time = datetime.now()
    while True:
        i = inotify.adapters.Inotify()
        i.add_watch(LOG_FILE)
        for event in i.event_gen(yield_nones=False):
            break
        del i

        with open(LOG_FILE, 'r') as f:
            for line in f:
                entry = line.split(',')
                entry_time = datetime.strptime(entry[0],
                                               '%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S')
                if entry_time > start_time:
                    start_time = entry_time
                    print(entry)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

最简单的解决方案是在间隔之后获取同一个文件的两个实例并进行比较。你可以试试这样的东西

    while True:
        # Capturing the two instances models.py after certain interval of time
        print("Looking for changes in " + app_name.capitalize() + " models.py\nPress 'CTRL + C' to stop the program")
        with open(app_name.capitalize() + '/filename', 'r+') as app_models_file:
            filename_content = app_models_file.read()
        time.sleep(5)
        with open(app_name.capitalize() + '/filename', 'r+') as app_models_file_1:
            filename_content_1 = app_models_file_1.read()
        # Comparing models.py after certain interval of time
        if filename_content == filename_content_1:
            pass
        else:
            print("You made a change in " + app_name.capitalize() + " filename.\n")
            cmd = str(input("Do something with the file?(y/n):"))
            if cmd == 'y':
                # Do Something
            elif cmd == 'n':
                # pass or do something
            else:
                print("Invalid input")

因为没有人提到它，所以我要把它放在那里:在标准库中有一个名为filecmp的Python模块，它有这个cmp()函数来比较两个文件。

只是要确保你没有使用from filecmp import cmp来掩盖Python 2.x中内置的cmp()函数。这在Python 3中是可以的。X，因为不再有这样的内置cmp()函数了。

不管怎样，它的用法是这样的:

import filecmp
filecmp.cmp(path_to_file_1, path_to_file_2, shallow=True)

参数shallow默认为True。如果参数的值为True，则只比较文件的元数据;但是，如果参数的值为False，则比较文件的内容。

也许这个信息对某人有用。

watchfiles (https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchfiles)是一个Python API和CLI，它使用了用Rust编写的Notify (https://github.com/notify-rs/notify)库。

rust实现目前(2022-10-09)支持:

Linux / Android: inotify macOS: FSEvents或kqueue，参见特性 Windows: ReadDirectoryChangesW FreeBSD / NetBSD / OpenBSD / DragonflyBSD: kqueue 所有平台:投票

可以在PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/watchfiles/)和conda-forge (https://github.com/conda-forge/watchfiles-feedstock)上获得二进制文件。