Alternative to os.listdir()/os.stat()

[Alfredo P. Ricafort]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the files under a directory and its details. What  I
did is to call os.listdir() and then os.stat(). So my code looks
something like this:


    fileList=os.listdir(path)
    for i in range(len(fileList)):
        f=os.stat(path+'/'+j)

However, I noticed that this approach takes a long time when the
directory contains lots of files. So what I am looking for now is a
function that can give me the details is one go, much like 'ls -ltra' in
UNIX. 

Does one exists?

AL