Re: Checking a file's time stamp -- followup

[Virgil Stokes]

Christian Heimes wrote:

>William Purcell wrote:

>>Hi all,
>>I am wanting to check to see the last time a file was edited. For
>>example, I
>>have a directory containing two text files, file1.txt and
>>file2.txt. I
>>want to be able to process these files but only if they have been
>>edited
>>since the last time they were processed. I think that I want to be
>>able to
>>check the time stamp of each file. Can anyone tell me how to do that or
>>point me in a better direction of checking the last time a file was
>>edited?

>>
>>

> >>import os
> >>stat = os.stat("/etc/passwd")
> >>print stat

>(33188, 362259, 2053L, 1, 0, 0, 1690, 1218550501, 1218118498,
>1218118498)

> >>dir(stat)

>['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__doc__',
>'__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute __', '__getitem__',
>'__getslice__' , '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__',
>'__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__',
>'__reduce_ex__ ', '__repr__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__str__',
>'n_fields', 'n_sequence_fie lds', 'n_unnamed_fiel ds', 'st_atime',
>'st_blksize' , 'st_blocks', 'st_ctime', 'st_dev', 'st_gid', 'st_ino',
>'st_mode', 'st_mtime', 'st_nlink', 'st_rdev', 'st_size', 'st_uid']

> >>stat.st_mti me

>1218118498.0
>>

>
use these shortcuts, IMHO they are easier than os.stat.
>
os.path.getmtim e() - get modified time
os.path.atime() - get last accessed time (careful some admins turn
this
off on their servers for performance reasons)
os.path.ctime() - get creation time
>
>
-Larry

Is it possible to change the time stamp of a file (Win2K platform)? If
yes, how?