A few python questions

[Erno Kuusela]

>>>>> "Suchandra" == Suchandra Thapa <ssthapa at midway.uchicago.edu> writes:

    Suchandra> The first problem I've encountered is trying to
    Suchandra> determine the size of a file.

os.path.getsize(path)

    Suchandra> is there a way to get the file size of a file without
    Suchandra> doing this or using the stat function from the os
    Suchandra> module?

that works too, the indexing constants are in the stat module:
os.stat(path)[stat.ST_SIZE]

    Suchandra> Also is it possible to use PyKDE or PyQT without
    Suchandra> installing SIP?

(no idea)

    Suchandra> Finally, is there some documentation for the python
    Suchandra> interface to postgresql?  The rpm package that comes
    Suchandra> with redhat 6.2 doesn't have any documentation.

yes, the README that comes with the module documents the
postgresql-specific api. the most recent versions support DB-API
also. get it from <URL:ftp://ftp.druid.net/pub/distrib/>.

  -- erno