[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > robert wrote: >> I want to get the files and sizes and times etc. stats of a dir fast. >> os.listdir & iterating with os.stat seems not to run at optimal speed for >> network folders. Is there a faster possibility? (both for Win & *nix ; best >> platform independent) >> > > An alternative is to work with os.walk() it returns a generator - see > http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html, and os.path.getsize(), > os.path.gettmtime() - see http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html
would be even slower - 2 or 3 (network) calls for each file. os.walk just uses listdir. Robert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list