I hope this sample code helps def getfileinfo(filename): print 'Filename : %s' % filename stats = os.stat(filename) size = stats[stat.ST_SIZE] print 'File Size is %d bytes' % size
accessed = stats[stat.ST_ATIME] modified = stats[stat.ST_MTIME] print 'Last accessed: ' + time.ctime(accessed) print 'Last modified: ' + time.ctime(modified) Regards, Praveen On Oct 30, 8:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > I am attempting to view all files in a directory and if those files > have not been modified within the last couple days I will remove them. > In order to do this I need to look at the file date modied and check > the date. I know how to look at each file name and I know how to remove > the file. I just can't figure out how to get access to the date last > modifed filed. Below is how I intend to access the file names in the > directory. > > >>> import os,time,sys > >>> cachedirectory="c:\\informatica\\cache\\" > >>> v_filename_array=os.listdir(cachedirectory) > >>> x_len=len(v_filename_array)v_filename_array[0] = first file name > v_filename_array[1] - second file name > > Thanks' > Rich -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list