Checking a file modification date/time against one stored in memory?

Question

I'm looking for some help to do:

1) Get the modification date/time of a file
2) Compare against the same file after a sleep of 10 minuites and if it's not different to play a beep:

import winsound
winsound.Beep(2000,500)

Any ideas?

do you want a windows only solution or a cross platform one ? — Leonardo.Z
– Leonardo.Z, Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 6:19
You'd be much better off using a filesystem event to watch this so that you get notified immediately - Check out this page for an answer timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/… — synthesizerpatel
– synthesizerpatel, Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 6:44

VIKASH JAISWAL · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-01 06:58:51Z

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You will be able to use below function with some modification to fit your requirements:

def getnewestfile(NetworkPath):
    DestFolder = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir(NetworkPath)
    filelist = os.listdir(os.getcwd())
    filelist = filter(lambda x: not os.path.isdir(x), filelist)
    newest = max(filelist, key=lambda x: os.stat(x).st_mtime)
    os.chdir(DestFolder)
    return newest

This function returns the newest file located at the network path as input.

answered Nov 1, 2013 at 6:58

VIKASH JAISWAL

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