pyInotify performance

Question

I have a very large directory tree I am wanting pyInotify to watch. Is it better to have pyInotify watch the entire tree or is it better to have a number of watches reporting changes to specific files ? Thanks

Answer 1

If you're going to watch only a few files in a huge tree, it makes sense to watch individual files. On the other hand, if you're going to watch almost all files in the tree, watching the entire tree instead makes sense. To know the point of turn exactly, you must benchmark both to see which one performs better.