os.path.setmtime ?

[Richard Wesley]

I am trying to set the mod date on a file (Linux) as part of a unit test
run. I can just wait one second, but that slows the test down. A
better solution would be to tweak the mod date on a file, but os.path
does not seem to have setmtime.

Is there any simple way to do this?

TIA,

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[Holger Krekel]

Re: os.path.setmtim e ?

Richard Wesley wrote:[color=blue]
> I am trying to set the mod date on a file (Linux) as part of a unit test
> run. I can just wait one second, but that slows the test down. A
> better solution would be to tweak the mod date on a file, but os.path
> does not seem to have setmtime.
>
> Is there any simple way to do this?[/color]

it is spelled

os.utime

in python.

os.utime(path, None)

will set a/mtime to current time and

os.utime (path, (-1, newtime))

will set mtime to newtime. Note, however, that the effects and the
actual time resolution of this call are very platform independant.

cheers,

holger

[Richard Wesley]

Re: os.path.setmtim e ?

In article <mailman.67.106 6071133.2192.py thon-list@python.org >,
Holger Krekel <pyth@devel.tri llke.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Richard Wesley wrote:[color=green]
> > I am trying to set the mod date on a file (Linux) as part of a unit test
> > run. I can just wait one second, but that slows the test down. A
> > better solution would be to tweak the mod date on a file, but os.path
> > does not seem to have setmtime.
> >
> > Is there any simple way to do this?[/color]
>
> it is spelled
>
> os.utime[/color]

Thanks, that did the trick. Saves me 2-3 seconds per test.
[color=blue]
>
> in python.
>
> os.utime(path, None)
>
> will set a/mtime to current time and
>
> os.utime (path, (-1, newtime))
>
> will set mtime to newtime. Note, however, that the effects and the
> actual time resolution of this call are very platform independant.[/color]

I am making relative changes under Linux, so this is pretty well
controlled.

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