trying to check the creation date of a file

[Larry Bates]

use os.stat docs are here:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-stat.html

Larry Bates

David Fickbohm wrote:
> People,
> 
> I am trying to determine the creation date of files in a folder. 
> I am using the following code to find the folder and confirm that files
> exist in the folder.  If someone could give me an idea how to check a
> creation date it would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> dave
> 
> def delete_old_files  (t:\dm\~\users)
>         # find files and delete files created more than XX number of days
> ago 
>         update_exist = 0
>         
>         input_dir = t:\dm\~\users\xxxx.yyyyyy\zzzz
>             
>         if os.path.exists (input_dir) :
>             files = os.listdir (input_dir)
>         else:
>             print "Unable to find input file dir: %s !!!" % input_dir
>             sys.exit(2)
>                 
>         if len(files):
>             for file in files :
>                 
>                 file = os.path.join(input_dir) #all files in output
> directory will be csv or xls, can be deleted if old enough               
>                 
>                 if os.path.isfile(file):   #need to check ext not file, file
> name changes each day
>                     if re.search(t:\dm\~\users\xxxxx\) and  #creation date
> gt x number of days ago 
>                         t:\dm\~\users\davef.input_list.delete(file)
> 
>                         file_delete = 1
>                         
>         if file_delete:
> 
>             print "\n file deleted: \n%s" %
> str(t:\dm\~\users\xxxxx.input_list)
>             
>         return file_delete 
> 
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