Creating dictionary from list

[kerzol81]

Hi,

I'm struggling with a problem. I'd like to create a dictionary which looks like this:

my_dictionary = {'folder1': 'Same', 'folder2': 'Same', 'folder3': 'Different'}

folder1, folder2, folder3 etc are the subfolders of the current workdir.

Different: when folder size is different after 1 minutes
Same: when folder size is the same after 1 minutes

I'm here so far, which is nothing but scratching the surface.

import os

rootdir = '.'

def examine():
    return dict(enumerate(next(os.walk(rootdir))[1]))

I have a function which returns True or False if a dictionary size has changed, but now I have to apply this to the subdirectories. And I thought a dictionary would be a nice way to do it, but I realised in the meantime that I only know what a dictionary is, but I cannot apply this knowledge to a real working solution... If you could help me out, please do it.

Here is another attempt:

import os
import time

rootdir = '.'

def examine():


    while True:

        try:
            folders = next(os.walk(rootdir))[1]
        except StopIteration:
            print('[-] No such folder')
            break

        for f in folders:
            now = os.path.getsize(f)
            time.sleep(2)
            after = os.path.getsize(f)

            if now == after:
                print(f + ': Same')
            else:
                print(f + ': Different')

examine()