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On 30/08/2012 12:54, boltar2003@boltar.world wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm slowly teaching myself python so apologies if this is a dumb question.
> but something has confused me with the os.stat() function:
>
>>>> s = os.stat(".")
>>>> print s
> posix.stat_result(st_mode=16877, st_ino=2278764L, st_dev=2053L, st_nlink=2, st_u
> id=1000, st_gid=100, st_size=4096L, st_atime=1346327745, st_mtime=1346327754, st
> _ctime=1346327754)
>
> What sort of object is posix.stat_result? Its not a dictionary or list or a
> class object as far as I can tell. Thanks for any help.
>
What don't you ask Python? I'm sure you'' get something like this:

 >>> type(s)
<class 'posix.stat_result'>

In other words, it's an instance of the class "stat_result" as defined
in the file "posix.py".

On my system I get "<class 'nt.stat_result'>" because I'm using Windows.

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Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 11:54 +0000
  Re: Beginners question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-30 13:14 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-30 08:23 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:50 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 23:06 +1000
        Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 13:16 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 09:23 -0400
      Re: Beginners question Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 14:30 +0100
      Re: Beginners question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-30 14:22 -0400
  Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 08:25 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:53 +0000
  Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 22:32 +1000
  Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 14:49 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 16:41 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-08-30 17:38 +0200
  Re: Beginners question charvigroups@gmail.com - 2012-09-04 23:28 -0700
    Re: Beginners question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 09:03 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-05 09:21 -0400

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