How do I get the time a file was last modified in Python?
Question:
Assuming the file exists (using os.path.exists(filename) to first make sure that it does), how do I display the time a file was last modified? This is on Linux if that makes any difference.
Answers:
import os
filename = "/etc/fstab"
statbuf = os.stat(filename)
print("Modification time: {}".format(statbuf.st_mtime))
Linux does not record the creation time of a file (for most fileystems).
>>> import os
>>> f = os.path.getmtime('test1.jpg')
>>> f
1223995325.0
since the beginning of (epoch)
New for python 3.4+ (see: pathlib)
import pathlib
path = Path('some/path/to/file.ext')
last_modified = path.stat().st_mtime
Assuming the file exists (using os.path.exists(filename) to first make sure that it does), how do I display the time a file was last modified? This is on Linux if that makes any difference.
import os
filename = "/etc/fstab"
statbuf = os.stat(filename)
print("Modification time: {}".format(statbuf.st_mtime))
Linux does not record the creation time of a file (for most fileystems).
>>> import os
>>> f = os.path.getmtime('test1.jpg')
>>> f
1223995325.0
since the beginning of (epoch)
New for python 3.4+ (see: pathlib)
import pathlib
path = Path('some/path/to/file.ext')
last_modified = path.stat().st_mtime