If you have pywin32 installed, you can use the shell module.
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
shell.SHGetFileInfo(filename ,0, shellcon.SHGFI_TYPENAME)
Roger
"BartlebyScrivener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Using Python on Windows XP, I am able to get almost all file and path
> info using os.path or stat, but I don't see a way to retrieve the file
> type? E.g. Microsoft Word file, HTML file, etc, the equivalent of what
> is listed in the "Type" column in the Windows Explorer box.
>
> Thanks,
>
> rick
>
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