use os.stat docs are here: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-stat.html
Larry Bates David Fickbohm wrote: > People, > > I am trying to determine the creation date of files in a folder. > I am using the following code to find the folder and confirm that files > exist in the folder. If someone could give me an idea how to check a > creation date it would be appreciated. > Thanks > dave > > def delete_old_files (t:\dm\~\users) > # find files and delete files created more than XX number of days > ago > update_exist = 0 > > input_dir = t:\dm\~\users\xxxx.yyyyyy\zzzz > > if os.path.exists (input_dir) : > files = os.listdir (input_dir) > else: > print "Unable to find input file dir: %s !!!" % input_dir > sys.exit(2) > > if len(files): > for file in files : > > file = os.path.join(input_dir) #all files in output > directory will be csv or xls, can be deleted if old enough > > if os.path.isfile(file): #need to check ext not file, file > name changes each day > if re.search(t:\dm\~\users\xxxxx\) and #creation date > gt x number of days ago > t:\dm\~\users\davef.input_list.delete(file) > > file_delete = 1 > > if file_delete: > > print "\n file deleted: \n%s" % > str(t:\dm\~\users\xxxxx.input_list) > > return file_delete > > Dave Fickbohm > Data Mining Analyst > Homegain+ > 1250 45th St. > Emeryville, CA, 94608 > Phone 510 594 4151 - Voice > 510 655 0848 - Fax > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list