fast listdir & stat

robert

I want to get the files and sizes and times etc. stats of a dir fast.
os.listdir & iterating with os.stat seems not to run at optimal speed for network folders. Is there a faster possibility? (both for Win & *nix ; best platform independent)
Robert

Nov 24 '06 #1

wittempj

robert wrote:

I want to get the files and sizes and times etc. stats of a dir fast.
os.listdir & iterating with os.stat seems not to run at optimal speed for network folders. Is there a faster possibility? (both for Win & *nix ; best platform independent)
Robert

An alternative is to work with os.walk() it returns a generator - see
http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html, and os.path.getsize(),
os.path.gettmtime() - see http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html

Nov 24 '06 #2

robert

wi******@hotmail.com wrote:

robert wrote:

>I want to get the files and sizes and times etc. stats of a dir fast.
os.listdir & iterating with os.stat seems not to run at optimal speed for network folders. Is there a faster possibility? (both for Win & *nix ; best platform independent)

An alternative is to work with os.walk() it returns a generator - see
http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html, and os.path.getsize(),
os.path.gettmtime() - see http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html

would be even slower - 2 or 3 (network) calls for each file. os.walk just uses listdir.

Robert

Nov 24 '06 #3