How do I 'stat' online files?

[DB Daniel Brown]

I am working on a program that needs to stat files (gif, swf, xml, dirs,
etc) from the web. I know how to stat a local file...


import os
tplStat = os.stat(path)

 

but I can't figure out how to stat a file that resides on a web server.
I am not sure if it makes a difference, but most (maybe all) of the
files that I need to stat reside within the same domain that will
generate the request. I am able to open the file by using

 

import urllib

f = urllib.urlopen(url)

 

but for some reason I cannot stat the files. Any help will greatly be
appreciated. Thanks!

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