File question

[Erik Max Francis]

Ken wrote:

> For example, before execution, I read the system time with getTime(),
> then
> start execution, which will output results on a file, say output.txt.
> How do
> I compare the time before execution to the output.txt filedate/time to
> see
> if it is newer?

Try the os.stat function.

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