Python os.stat_float_times() Method

Description

Python method stat_float_times() determines whether stat_result represents time stamps as float objects.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for stat_float_times() method −

os.stat_float_times([newvalue])

Parameters

• newvalue − If newvalue is True, future calls to stat() return floats, if it is False, future call on stat returns ints. If newvalue is not mentioned, it returns the current settings.

Return Value

This method returns either True or False.

Example

The following example shows the usage of stat_float_times() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Stat information
statinfo = os.stat('a2.py')

print statinfo
statinfo = os.stat_float_times()
print statinfo

When we run above program, it produces following result −

posix.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=3940649674337682L, st_dev=277923425L, 
st_nlink=1, st_uid=400, st_gid=401, st_size=335L, st_atime=1330498089, st_mtime=13
30498089, st_ctime=1330498089)
True