👁️ File Monitor Script (Python)

# Change this line to monitor any folder you want
WATCH_DIRECTORY = "C:\\Your\\Path"  # Windows example
# WATCH_DIRECTORY = "/home/user/Documents"  # Linux/macOS example

# Install required library
pip install watchdog

# Run the script
python file-monitor.py

import time
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler

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# Define the folder you want to monitor **CHANGE PATH**
WATCH_DIRECTORY = "C:\\Your\\Path"  # Change this to your desired directory

class MyHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
    """Handles file system events and prints an alert."""
    def on_modified(self, event):
        if not event.is_directory:
            print(f'ALERT: File modified: {event.src_path}')

    def on_created(self, event):
        if not event.is_directory:
            print(f'ALERT: File created: {event.src_path}')
    
    def on_deleted(self, event):
        if not event.is_directory:
            print(f'ALERT: File deleted: {event.src_path}')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    event_handler = MyHandler()
    observer = Observer()
    # Schedule the observer to watch the directory recursively
    observer.schedule(event_handler, WATCH_DIRECTORY, recursive=True)
    observer.start()

    print(f"Monitoring started for: {WATCH_DIRECTORY}. Press Ctrl+C to stop.")
    try:
        # Keep the script running until manually stopped
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        observer.stop()
    observer.join()

Monitoring started for: C:\Your\Path. Press Ctrl+C to stop.
ALERT: File created: C:\Your\Path\newfile.txt
ALERT: File modified: C:\Your\Path\newfile.txt
ALERT: File deleted: C:\Your\Path\newfile.txt