Python watchdog windows wait till copy finishes

Question

I am using the Python watchdog module on a Windows 2012 server to monitor new files appearing on a shared drive. When watchdog notices the new file it kicks off a database resto

Answer 1

I had a similar issue recently with watchdog. A rather simple but not very smart workaround was for me to check the change of file size in a while loop using a two-element list, one for 'past', one for 'now'. Once the the values are equal the copying is finished.

Edit: something like this.

past = 0
now = 1
value = [past, now]
while True:
    # change

    # test
    if value[0] == value[1]:
        break
    else:
        value = [value[1], value[0]]