How can i sort this listing in PYTHON by folder creation?


 
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Old 01-18-2017
How can i sort this listing in PYTHON by folder creation?

Is there anything i can do about this code? I need to sort it by folder creation, the newest will be first ... thx Smilie

Code:
for dirname in postme:

                                      dirname = os.path.abspath(dirname)

                                      if dirname:

                                          self._gal_files(os.path.basename(dirname), os.listdir(dirname), basepath=dirname)

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Old 01-19-2017
Please let us know which OS you're using. It is important for this question because on most *nix flavours, the creation time is not stored in filesystem.

On windows, you can use os.stat('C:\path\to\dir').st_ctime

From python docs:
Code:
os.stat(path):
    .
    .
    st_ctime - platform dependent; time of most recent metadata change on Unix, or the time of creation on Windows)


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Old 01-19-2017
its ubuntu 16 Smilie
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