On 28 Dec 2006 18:35:15 -0800, kj7ny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attempting to incrementally back up files using python. How can I > compare a file on a hard drive to a file in a python created zip file > to tell if the file has changed? Or should I be using some other > method to determine if a file has changed?
If you are running on an extended FAT or an NTFS filesytem you can utilise a file's archive attribute. It is set when a file is opened for modifying. See the following description of how a backup product describes the process http://www.grigsoft.com/wndsync/help/sources/abit.htm -- Tim Williams -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
