Add Scans

Watch a given directory for changes and print out the file list difference

scans/scans.py

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+from os import listdir
+from os.path import isfile, join
+import time
+
+watch_directory = '/Users/alexanderh/watch_folder'
+pollTime = 10
+
+
+def list_files(path):
+    return [f for f in listdir(path) if isfile(join(path, f))]
+
+
+def listComparison(OriginalList: list, NewList: list):
+    differencesList = [x for x in NewList if x not in OriginalList]
+    return differencesList
+
+
+def fileWatcher(watch_directory: str, pollTime: int):
+    while True:
+        if 'watching' not in locals():
+            previousFileList = list_files(watch_directory)
+            watching = True
+            print('First Time')
+            print(previousFileList)
+
+        time.sleep(pollTime)
+
+        newFileList = list_files(watch_directory)
+
+        fileDiff = listComparison(previousFileList, newFileList)
+        previousFileList = newFileList
+        if len(fileDiff) == 0:
+            continue
+        notify_new_files(fileDiff)
+
+
+def notify_new_files(fileDiff: list):
+    print(fileDiff)
+
+
+# print(list_files('/Users/alexanderh/ahosking_git/python-tools'))
+fileWatcher(watch_directory, pollTime)