watchdog – Tarik Billa

watchdog monitoring file for changes

March 5, 2023 by Tarik

Instead of LoggingEventHandler define your handler: #!/usr/bin/python import time from watchdog.observers import Observer from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler class MyHandler(FileSystemEventHandler): def on_modified(self, event): print(f’event type: {event.event_type} path : {event.src_path}’) if __name__ == “__main__”: event_handler = MyHandler() observer = Observer() observer.schedule(event_handler, path=”/data/”, recursive=False) observer.start() try: while True: time.sleep(1) except KeyboardInterrupt: observer.stop() observer.join() on_modified is called when a … Read more

Run cron job only if it isn’t already running

November 11, 2022 by Tarik

Use flock. It’s new. It’s better. Now you don’t have to write the code yourself. Check out more reasons here: https://serverfault.com/a/82863 /usr/bin/flock -n /tmp/my.lockfile /usr/local/bin/my_script

How can I verify if a Windows Service is running

October 18, 2022 by Tarik

I guess something like this would work: Add System.ServiceProcess to your project references (It’s on the .NET tab). using System.ServiceProcess; ServiceController sc = new ServiceController(SERVICENAME); switch (sc.Status) { case ServiceControllerStatus.Running: return “Running”; case ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped: return “Stopped”; case ServiceControllerStatus.Paused: return “Paused”; case ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending: return “Stopping”; case ServiceControllerStatus.StartPending: return “Starting”; default: return “Status Changing”; } Edit: There … Read more