On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 19:54 -0600, helices wrote: > I need to automate the deletion of files in a specified directory that > were created X number of days ago, or more. > > Usually, I use `find' and -mtime; but, I do not believe that any > combination of atime, ctime nor mtime get me what I need. Am I missing > something here? > > What do you think?
Do ext2/3, ReiserFS, etc, even store create-time? I don't think so. NTFS & ODS-2 (the OpenVMS filesystem) do, but that won't help us. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html getctime(path) Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the time of the last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for path. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not hereditary..." Dr. Dean Edell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
