How can I make a list of files, modification dates and paths?

Question

I have directory with subdirectories and I have to make a list like:

file_name1 modification_date1 path1 
file_name2 modification_date2 path2

and write the list into text file how can i do it in python?

Answer 1

For traversing the subdirectories, use os.walk().

For getting modification date, use os.stat()

The modification time will be a timestamp counting seconds from epoch, there are various methods in the time module that help you convert those to something easier to use.

Answer 2

import os
import time

for root, dirs, files in os.walk('your_root_directory'):
  for f in files:
    modification_time_seconds = os.stat(os.path.join(root, f)).st_mtime
    local_mod_time = time.localtime(modification_time_seconds)

    print '%s %s.%s.%s %s' % (f, local_mod_time.tm_mon, local_mod_time.tm_mday, local_mod_time.tm_year, root)

Answer 3

Thanks a lot. And how can I write things from output (print) to the text file?