Hi Lawrence, File system events are not a part of tk library so Tkinter doesn't process such events. Nevertheless native _tkinter library contains two file event related procedures - createfilehandler() and deletefilehandler() So you can try finding samples how to use these functions. For example:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-May/001838.html Also you can try resolving this issue using "fileevent" tcl command: http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/fileevent.htm But this way supposes tcl programming. Regards, Igor Novikov sK1 Project http://sk1project.org On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:08 AM, O'Gorman, Lawrence (Larry) < larry.ogor...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: > I’m trying to figure out if Python and Tkinter can offer a solution to my > following problem. I want to monitor a file and when that file is changed, I > want to detect that event and have my window change its text from “File > Unchanged” to “File has Changed.” > > > > That is, I can produce a function to periodically sample the modification > time of a file and if it is different than my last sample time, then this > function will return an indication that the file is changed. I want this > file-change event to be captured by the tkinit mainloop(), which I will then > use to change the appearance of my window. > > > > I understand that any GUI event (mouse, keyboard, etc.) can be detected in > the mainloop(), but I have seen no indication in the documentation and > discussions that a file-change can produce an event that can be detected in > the mainloop(). Does anyone know if I can do this? If so, how? Or, if there > is an alternative way than mainloop() to get a window to change upon a > file-change, that would be helpful, too. > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > >
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