wx.FileSystemWatcherEvent

A class of events sent when a file system event occurs.

Types of events reported may vary depending on a platform, however all platforms report at least creation of new file/directory and access, modification, move (rename) or deletion of an existing one.

New in version 2.9.1.

See also

wx.FileSystemWatcher

See also

Events and Event Handling

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class FileSystemWatcherEvent:

Methods Summary

__init__
Clone
GetChangeType	Returns the type of file system change that occurred.
GetErrorDescription	Return a description of the warning or error if this is an error event.
GetNewPath	Returns the new path of the renamed file/directory if this is a rename event.
GetPath	Returns the path at which the event occurred.
GetWarningType	Return the type of the warning if this event is a warning one.
IsError	Returns true if this error is an error event.
ToString	Returns a String describing an event, useful for logging, debugging or testing.

Properties Summary

ChangeType	See GetChangeType
ErrorDescription	See GetErrorDescription
NewPath	See GetNewPath
Path	See GetPath
WarningType	See GetWarningType

Class API

class wx.FileSystemWatcherEvent(Event)

Possible constructors:

FileSystemWatcherEvent(changeType=0, watchid=ID_ANY)

FileSystemWatcherEvent(changeType, warningType, errorMsg,
                       watchid=ID_ANY)

FileSystemWatcherEvent(changeType, path, newPath, watchid=ID_ANY)

A class of events sent when a file system event occurs.

Methods

__init__(self, *args, **kw)

Overloaded Implementations:

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__init__ (self, changeType=0, watchid=ID_ANY)

Parameters

• changeType (int) –

• watchid (int) –

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__init__ (self, changeType, warningType, errorMsg, watchid=ID_ANY)

Parameters

• changeType (int) –

• warningType (FSWWarningType) –

• errorMsg (string) –

• watchid (int) –

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__init__ (self, changeType, path, newPath, watchid=ID_ANY)

Parameters

• changeType (int) –

• path (string) –

• newPath (string) –

• watchid (int) –

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Clone(self)

Return type

wx.Event

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GetChangeType(self)

Returns the type of file system change that occurred.

See FSWFlags for the list of possible file system change types.

Return type

int

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GetErrorDescription(self)

Return a description of the warning or error if this is an error event.

This string may be empty if the exact reason for the error or the warning is not known.

Return type

string

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GetNewPath(self)

Returns the new path of the renamed file/directory if this is a rename event.

Otherwise it returns the same path as GetPath .

Return type

string

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GetPath(self)

Returns the path at which the event occurred.

Return type

string

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GetWarningType(self)

Return the type of the warning if this event is a warning one.

If this is not a warning event, i.e. if GetChangeType doesn’t include FSW_EVENT_WARNING, returns FSW_WARNING_NONE.

Return type

wx.FSWWarningType

New in version 3.0.

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IsError(self)

Returns true if this error is an error event.

Error event is an event generated when a warning or error condition arises.

Return type

bool

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ToString(self)

Returns a String describing an event, useful for logging, debugging or testing.

Return type

string

Properties

ChangeType

See GetChangeType

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ErrorDescription

See GetErrorDescription

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NewPath

See GetNewPath

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Path

See GetPath

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WarningType

See GetWarningType