Check last time file was accessed

[Pavel_47]

Hello,
How do I check the time at which a file was opened last time ?
Thanks.

[Yoriz]

Try using

os.stat(path, *, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)
Get the status of a file or a file descriptor. Perform the equivalent of a stat() system call on the given path. path may be specified as either a string or bytes – directly or indirectly through the PathLike interface – or as an open file descriptor. Return a stat_result object.

to get

st_atime
Time of most recent access expressed in seconds.

[Larz60+]

FYI: The same command is available if you are using pathlib objects see: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathli....Path.stat

The command structure is the same (or very similar) as os.stat

[Pavel_47]

Try using

os.stat(path, *, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)
Get the status of a file or a file descriptor. Perform the equivalent of a stat() system call on the given path. path may be specified as either a string or bytes – directly or indirectly through the PathLike interface – or as an open file descriptor. Return a stat_result object.

to get

st_atime
Time of most recent access expressed in seconds.

Thanks. Not clear how to use. For example, how can I get last access time to all files, located in 'aaa/bbb/ccc/' ?

[Yoriz]

Try this with a loop through your files

import pathlib
import datetime

def get_file_access_datetime(file_path):
    path = pathlib.Path(file_path)
    path_stat = path.stat()
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(path_stat.st_atime)