#! /usr/bin/python2.7 # Copy one file's atime and mtime to another import sys import os from stat import ST_ATIME, ST_MTIME # Really constants 7 and 8 def main(): if len(sys.argv) <> 3: sys.stderr.write('usage: copytime source destination\n') sys.exit(2) file1, file2 = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2] try: stat1 = os.stat(file1) except os.error: sys.stderr.write(file1 + ': cannot stat\n') sys.exit(1) try: os.utime(file2, (stat1[ST_ATIME], stat1[ST_MTIME])) except os.error: sys.stderr.write(file2 + ': cannot change time\n') sys.exit(2) if __name__ == '__main__': main()