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Re: Accessing the files by last modified time

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Subject	Re: Accessing the files by last modified time
Date	2012-03-22 13:38 +0100
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Sangeet wrote:

> I've been trying to write a script that would access the last modified
> file in one of my directories. I'm using Win XP.

import os
import glob

path = r"c:\one\of\my directories\*"

youngest_file = max(glob.glob(path), key=os.path.getmtime)

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Accessing the files by last modified time Sangeet <mrsangeet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 04:33 -0700
  Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-03-22 04:49 -0700
    Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Sangeet <mrsangeet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:00 -0700
    Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Sangeet <mrsangeet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:00 -0700
  Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Tim Williams <tjandacw@cox.net> - 2012-03-22 05:04 -0700
    Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-22 13:06 +0000
    Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Sangeet <mrsangeet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 05:59 -0700
  Re: Accessing the files by last modified time Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-03-22 13:38 +0100

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