Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> def isGrowing(f, timeout): >> ssize = os.path.getsize(f) >> time.sleep(timeout) >> esize =os.path.getsize(f) >> return esize != ssize >> >> On windows, this returns the size of the file as it _will be_, not the >> size that it currently is. > > Why do you say that? It most definitely returns what the size currently > is, not what it will be in the future (how could it know, anyway).
I've seen this before, when copying a file in Windows. Windows reports the size the file will be after the copy is complete (it knows, after all, the size of the source file). I always thought this meant that Windows is just much smarter than me, so I ignored it. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list