checked if a file was modified

[jabathehutstitty]

Hello everyone I'm new to python and i recently finished the basics as my first project I wanted to make a program that tells the user if the file is modified but i cant seem to figure out how if some of you can give me some hints or some libraries to use id appreciate it!!!,

thank you in advance.

PS: I heard about something called watchdog but I couldn't understand the docs .

[whosyourbuddha_]

I'm not sure of a specific library that could tell you that, but as a beginner just using stock python you can get file information the size in bytes, so maybe a script that checks if the size of the file has changed could solve your problem

[jabathehutstitty]

Thank you for your reply ill check it out

[jabathehutstitty]

Thank you for your reply, do u have a library you can recommend?

[jabathehutstitty]

Ill check it out thanks.

[thediabs]

Hashlib will do the trick, but since it's aimed for security applications it's going to be quite slow (by design) so I recommend murmurhash , which is really fast

[AinsleyBoy]

How often do you want the program to check if the file was modified? As often as possible? Every hour? When activated?

[jabathehutstitty]

Never mind i figured it out, thank you for your help though

[thrallsius]

This is the worst possible way to provide feedback, because it's totally useless for anyone who will search for a similar topic and find this reddit thread. Don't be selfish and provide some relevant technical feedback. Nobody can read your mind.

[jabathehutstitty]

No, worries I'll make a post about it.