os.stat last accessed attribute

I am using the os.stat module to determine a number of file properties. I am finding that a significant number of files are having their last accessed date dynamically modified to the time that the script determines its attributes. I am not opening the files, and the script is not applying this

[ANN] cdecimal-2.3 released

Hi, I'm pleased to announce the release of cdecimal-2.3. cdecimal is a fast drop-in replacement for the decimal module in Python's standard library. Blurb = cdecimal is a complete implementation of IBM's General Decimal Arithmetic Specification. With the appropriate context parameters, cdec

Announcing fulltext.

Fulltext is a simple Python library for converting document and media files to text. It's main purpose is for use with full-text indexing systems. https://github.com/btimby/fulltext http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fulltext/0.1-1 For example, to easily extract text from a PDF file: > python > import

ANN: pyCologne - next Meeting Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6:30pm

It's February, bloody cold and the Carnival season is upon us but that won't deter us from having our monthly pyCologne (Python User Group Cologne) meeting. Don't worry though, we have a "strictly no schunkeln" policy at our session! When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6:30pm Where: Pool 0.14, B