A Hello World Python Repository

python-hello_world This repository contains an example of a minimal Python package. The setup.py file is central, it uses setuptools to package the python code. In the following we consider that a Conda environment has been created and activated. You can for instance use the development environment described in the conda/environment.yaml…

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Trick of the day: monitoring the Linux filesystem changes in “real time”

Ever wanted to monitor the filesystem changes ? Since Linux 2.6.25, the kernel provides us with a signal driven I/O notification API and the inotify-tools RPM provides a set of tools to interact with the kernel. inotify in action: a simple way to test this API is to run the…

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