Added SIGHUP signal handling, adjusted reloading of file changes, added return value of CheckTrackList()

clockytracklist.py

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ EXTENSIONS=(".mp3",".ogg",".wav",".mpa",".m4a",".flac")
 
 class ClockyTracklist:
     """read and monitor directory with audio files"""
-    def __init__(self,path=".",recursive=False,sort=False,verbose=False):
+    def __init__(self,path=".",recursive=False,sort=True,verbose=False):
         """Read (current or supplied) path for all audio files. Add recursive=True to check all subdirectories too"""
         self.recursive=recursive
         self.path=path
         self.__verbose=verbose
+        self.__sort=sort
+        self.__reloaded=False
 
         p=Path(self.path)
         if(not p.is_dir()):
@@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ class ClockyTracklist:
             exit();
 
         self.__ReadTrackList()
-        if sort:
-            self.tracklist.sort()
         if(self.__verbose):
             self.ShowTrackList()
 
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class ClockyTracklist:
             if entry.suffix in EXTENSIONS:
                 self.tracklist.append(entry.as_posix())
                 self.count+=1
+        if self.__sort:
+            self.tracklist.sort()
 
 
     def ShowTrackList(self):
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ class ClockyTracklist:
         newtracklist=[]
         newcount=0
         
+        if self.__reloaded:
+            self.__reloaded=False
+
         newpath=Path(self.path)
         if(self.recursive):
             selection='**/*'
@@ -67,7 +72,12 @@ class ClockyTracklist:
             if newentry.suffix in EXTENSIONS:
                 newtracklist.append(newentry.as_posix())
                 newcount+=1
+        if self.__sort:
+            newtracklist.sort()
         if(newcount != self.count) or (newtracklist != self.tracklist):
-            self.__ReadTrackList()
             if(self.__verbose):
                 print("Changes in filenames or number of files detected! Re-read tracklist.")
+            self.__ReadTrackList()
+            self.__reloaded=True
+
+        return self.__reloaded