On 2025-08-05, Michael Torrie via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > On 5/24/25 7:19 PM, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote: >> On Sun, 25 May 2025 at 10:05, Rob Cliffe via Python-list >> <python-list@python.org> wrote: >>> Yes, but if I understand correctly, they all start from a single >>> directory (and work downwards if required). >>> My suggestion involved searching a *list* (possibly multiple lists) of >>> directories. >> >> for dir in dirs: >> try: open(dir + "/" + fn).close() >> except FileNotFoundError: pass >> else: break >> >> Is this really all that difficult? Not everything has to be in the stdlib. > > That would modify atime on unix file systems, no? Of course most modern > file systems on SSDs are mounted with noatime, but still.
Why not call os.stat() instead of open/close? Maybe that's already been suggested. I forget -- this is a pretty old thread. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
