How to get a directory list sorted by date?

[Michael Selik]

On Sun, May 15, 2016, 10:37 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2016-05-15, Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > On 2016-05-15 11:46, Peter Otten wrote:
> >> def sorted_dir(folder):
> >>     def getmtime(name):
> >>         path = os.path.join(folder, name)
> >>         return os.path.getmtime(path)
> >>
> >>     return sorted(os.listdir(folder), key=getmtime, reverse=True)
> >>
> >> The same idea will work with pathlib and os.scandir():
> >>
> >> def _getmtime(entry):
> >>     return entry.stat().st_mtime
> >>
> >> def sd_sorted_dir(folder):
> >>     return sorted(os.scandir(folder), key=_getmtime, reverse=True)
> >
> > unless sorted() returns a lazy sorter,
>
> What's a lazy sorter?
>

One that doesn't calculate the next item in the sequence until you ask for
it. It's impossible unless you don't mind an approximation rather than
correct sort.

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