Tools/scripts/copytime.py

   1 #! /usr/bin/env python
   2
   3 # Copy one file's atime and mtime to another
   4
   5 import sys
   6 import os
   7 from stat import ST_ATIME, ST_MTIME # Really constants 7 and 8
   8
   9 def main():
  10     if len(sys.argv) <> 3:
  11         sys.stderr.write('usage: copytime source destination\n')
  12         sys.exit(2)
  13     file1, file2 = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
  14     try:
  15         stat1 = os.stat(file1)
  16     except os.error:
  17         sys.stderr.write(file1 + ': cannot stat\n')
  18         sys.exit(1)
  19     try:
  20         os.utime(file2, (stat1[ST_ATIME], stat1[ST_MTIME]))
  21     except os.error:
  22         sys.stderr.write(file2 + ': cannot change time\n')
  23         sys.exit(2)
  24
  25 main()