Build a File Sync Tool with Python and Watchdog

Описание и применение

Создайте инструмент синхронизации файлов, который в реальном времени отслеживает изменения в исходной папке и автоматически копирует, обновляет или удаляет файлы в целевой папке, используя Python и библиотеку watchdog.

Задача

Manually copying files between folders or relying on cron jobs causes lag and is tedious when frequent edits are needed.

Результат

The script continuously watches the source directory and keeps the destination in sync in real time, eliminating manual effort and reducing lag.

Рабочий процесс

• Install Python 3 and watchdog via pip
• Create project folder with source and destination directories
• Write a SyncHandler class inheriting from FileSystemEventHandler
• Override on_created, on_modified, on_deleted to copy or delete files
• Use shutil.copy2 to preserve metadata
• Instantiate Observer, schedule handler on source folder, start observer
• Run sync.py and keep script running until interrupted

Доказательства

watchdog is a cross‑platform Python library that lets you monitor file system events…

Источник

Run the script: python sync.py

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