import pyinotify import sys wm = pyinotify.WatchManager() mask = pyinotify.IN_DELETE | pyinotify.IN_CREATE | pyinotify.IN_MODIFY class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent): def process_default(self, event): quit() handler = EventHandler() notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm, handler) wdd = wm.add_watch(sys.argv[1], mask, rec=True) notifier.loop()