inotify

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from inotify.adapters import Inotify
import os
import time

WATCH = "/media/eri"

# Events that actually indicate a change
INTERESTING = {
    "IN_CREATE",
    "IN_DELETE",
    "IN_MOVED_TO",
    "IN_MOVED_FROM",
    "IN_CLOSE_WRITE",
    "IN_ATTRIB",
}

ino = Inotify()
ino.add_watch(WATCH)

print(f"Watching {WATCH} (changes only)")
print("Ctrl+C to stop\n")

try:
    for event in ino.event_gen(yield_nones=False):
        (_, type_names, path, filename) = event

        # Keep only meaningful changes
        changes = [e for e in type_names if e in INTERESTING]
        if not changes:
            continue

        full = os.path.join(path, filename) if filename else path

        print(time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"), full)
        print("  changes:", changes)
        print()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("\nStopped.")