pyinotify.ExcludeFilter

Class ExcludeFilter

ExcludeFilter is an exclusion filter.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, arg_lst)
Examples: ef1 = ExcludeFilter(["/etc/rc.*", "/etc/hostname"]) ef2 = ExcludeFilter("/my/path/exclude.lst") Where exclude.lst contains: /etc/rc.* /etc/hostname

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_load_patterns_from_file(self, filename)

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_match(self, regex, path)

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bool

__call__(self, path)
Returns: Return True if path has been matched and should be excluded, False otherwise.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

init(self, arg_lst)
(Constructor)

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Examples:
  ef1 = ExcludeFilter(["/etc/rc.*", "/etc/hostname"])
  ef2 = ExcludeFilter("/my/path/exclude.lst")
  Where exclude.lst contains:
  /etc/rc.*
  /etc/hostname

Note: it is not possible to exclude a file if its encapsulating
      directory is itself watched. See this issue for more details
      https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify/issues/31

@param arg_lst: is either a list of patterns or a filename from which
                patterns will be loaded.
@type arg_lst: list of str or str

Overrides: object.__init__

call(self, path)
(Call operator)

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Parameters:

path (str) - Path to match against provided regexps.

Returns: bool

Return True if path has been matched and should be excluded, False otherwise.

Class ExcludeFilter

__init__(self, arg_lst) (Constructor)

__call__(self, path) (Call operator)

init(self, arg_lst)
(Constructor)

call(self, path)
(Call operator)