Python parallel thread that consume Watchdog queue events

Question

I have this code that should put an event in a queue each time an external program (TCPdump) creates a *.pcap file in my directory. My problem is that I always get an empty que

Answer 1

There is an excellent library which provides concurrent access to the items within that queue. The queue is also persistent[file based as well as database based], so if the program crashes, you can still consume events from the point where the program crashed.

persist-queue