comparing files

[heiro]

how can I compare two files(their size and date modified)?Is it posible?

[bvdet]

how can I compare two files(their size and date modified)?Is it posible?

You can use the os module to determine the file size in bytes and the time of last modification as the number of second since the epoch.[code=Python]fn = 'file_name'
>>> os.path.getsize (fn)
10424L
>>> os.path.getmtim e(fn)
1200398316
>>> [/code]

[heiro]

You can use the os module to determine the file size in bytes and the time of last modification as the number of second since the epoch.[code=Python]fn = 'file_name'
>>> os.path.getsize (fn)
10424L
>>> os.path.getmtim e(fn)
1200398316
>>> [/code]

thanks for that. But when i get the size of folder it will return 0byte.How can solve this?

[bvdet]

thanks for that. But when i get the size of folder it will return 0byte.How can solve this?

Sum the sizes of all the files in the directory.

[heiro]

Sum the sizes of all the files in the directory.

yap thats what i do... no other way to do this??

[bvdet]

yap thats what i do... no other way to do this??

Not that I am aware of. If you find a way, please post your solution.

[diegososa]

You could capture the output of the system-dependent command to get the directory size... i don't know which one is more efficient.