How to watch and and monitor ftp mounted point for new created files using Python

问题

I am able to watch local directories using inotify kernel subsystem based solutions. There are some python projects too which are working on top of inotify like pyinotify, PyInotify, fsmonitor and watchdog.

I have mounted remote ftp server in local directory using curlftpfs so all syncing is easy now. But inotify is not able to watch network mounted points like local directories.

I want to track if there is new files added to ftp server. How can I achieve like I do for local directory using inotify based solution.

回答1:

It can hardly work. The FTP protocol has no API to notify a client about the changes. The curlftpfs would have to continually poll the remote folder to provide the notification for inotify or other similar tool. It hardly does that.

You have to poll the FTP folder yourself.

See for example Monitor remote FTP directory.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47530635/how-to-watch-and-and-monitor-ftp-mounted-point-for-new-created-files-using-pytho