Re: What does the output of return os.lstat(logFile)[ST_CTIME] mean?

2010-07-26 Thread alberttresens
54:23 -0700, alberttresens wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am trying to get the creation time of a file to be able to correlate >> it's content timestamps with other log files. In order to get the >> creation time of the file one a Linux machine i used: > > You're out o

What does the output of return os.lstat(logFile)[ST_CTIME] mean?

2010-07-26 Thread alberttresens
Hi, I am trying to get the creation time of a file to be able to correlate it's content timestamps with other log files. In order to get the creation time of the file one a Linux machine i used: return os.lstat(logFile)[ST_CTIME] That returns to me something like: 1279620166 I would like to kno