Source code for watch_do.watchers.stat
"""Stat based watchers.
"""
import os
from . import Watcher
[docs]class ModificationTime(Watcher):
"""A modification time based watcher.
This class uses the files modification time to enable change detection.
"""
def _get_value(self):
"""Get the modification time of the file.
Raises:
FileNotFoundError: If the file could not be found.
Returns:
str: The modification time of the file as a unix timestamp.
"""
mtime = os.stat(self.file_name).st_mtime
return str(mtime)