I'd like to be able to get the path to the oldest folder in whatever directory 
I'm currently in.  Is there a simple way to go about this?  I'd like it to run 
on both OS X and Windows XP.  I found this example at 
"http://trac.v2v.cc/browser/python-v2v/v2v/v2v.py?rev=python-v2v%2C37";, but was 
curious if there's a better way to do this?

def get_oldest_v2v_folder():
404         '''
405             returns the oldest folder in share_dir
406             
407             is this the right way to check for the oldest folder?
408             could be better to read the info file and
409             extract the date there.
410         '''
411         global share_dir
412         oldest_timestamp=time.time()
413         folders=listdir(share_dir)
414         for folder in folders:
415             if isdir(join(share_dir,folder)):
416                 if stat(join(share_dir,folder)).st_ctime < oldest_timestamp:
417                     oldest_timestamp=stat(join(share_dir,folder)).st_ctime
418                     oldest_folder=folder
419         return join(share_dir,oldest_folder)

Thanks for looking at my question.

Jay
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