fileinfo.py

# Script Name		: fileinfo.py
# Author				: Not sure where I got this from
# Created				: 28th November 2011
# Last Modified		:
# Version				: 1.0
# Modifications		:

# Description			: Show file information for a given file


# get file information using os.stat()
# tested with Python24 vegsaeat 25sep2006
from __future__ import print_function
import os
import sys
import stat   # index constants for os.stat()
import time

try_count = 16

while try_count:
    file_name = raw_input("Enter a file name: ")      # pick a file you have
    try_count >>= 1
    try:
        file_stats = os.stat(file_name)
        break
    except OSError:
        print ("\nNameError : [%s] No such file or directory\n", file_name)

if try_count == 0:
    print ("Trial limit exceded \nExiting program")
    sys.exit()
    
# create a dictionary to hold file info
file_info = {
    'fname': file_name,
    'fsize': file_stats[stat.ST_SIZE],
    'f_lm' : time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",
                           time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_MTIME])),
    'f_la' : time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",
                           time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_ATIME])),
    'f_ct' : time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p",
                           time.localtime(file_stats[stat.ST_CTIME]))
}

print ("\nfile name = %(fname)s", file_info)
print ("file size = %(fsize)s bytes", file_info)
print ("last modified = %(f_lm)s", file_info)
print ("last accessed = %(f_la)s", file_info)
print ("creation time = %(f_ct)s\n", file_info)

if stat.S_ISDIR(file_stats[stat.ST_MODE]):
    print ("This a directory")
else:
    print ("This is not a directory\n")
    print ("A closer look at the os.stat(%s) tuple:" % file_name)
    print (file_stats)
    print ("\nThe above tuple has the following sequence:")
    print ("""st_mode (protection bits), st_ino (inode number),
    st_dev (device), st_nlink (number of hard links),
    st_uid (user ID of owner), st_gid (group ID of owner),
    st_size (file size, bytes), st_atime (last access time, seconds since epoch),
    st_mtime (last modification time), st_ctime (time of creation, Windows)"""
)
# Test


def test():
    print("test")