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Does Python have a module to display when a file has been last modified?
Also, how do you get the file length?
Also, how do you get the file length?
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The functions are contained in module os. Function os.path.getmtime() gives you the last modified time in seconds since the beginning of 1/1/1970 (epoch). You have to do some formatting with module time functions to make it readable for the ordinary mortal.
The size of the file is returned by os.path.getsize() in bytes, convert to kilobytes and format the result.
Similarly function os.path.getatime() gives the last access time.
The size of the file is returned by os.path.getsize() in bytes, convert to kilobytes and format the result.
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A kbyte is 1024 bytes. This would be more correct:
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