import os
from watchdog.observers import Observer # pip install watchdog
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler

observer = Observer()
observer.start()

class LogHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
    def on_created(self, event):
        filename = os.path.basename(event.src_path)
        if filename.endswith(".gz"):
            cmd = "/usr/bin/scp", event.src_path, "192.168.1.10:"
            subprocess.call(cmd)
            os.unlink(event.src_path)
            print "Rotating logs:", filename
        else:
            print "Ignoring:", filename


observer.schedule(LogHandler(), "/tmp", recursive=False)
observer.join() # Oota kuni observer