recently_accessed_files

Introduction

This Python script that extracts the path of recently accessed files in the specified directory.

Usage

Prerequisites

Before using this script, ensure you have the following:

• Python installed on your system.
• Required libraries: os, datetime

Running the Script

1. Run this script in your terminal.

$ python recently_accessed_files.py

2. After running the python script we have to provide the desired directory from which we want to extract the paths.

$ Enter the directory path to search:

3. Example Output

Information about .py file

1. get_file_access_time function

• This function provides the time, in seconds since the Unix epoch, when the file was last accessed.
• Args :
  • file_path: provided directory path
• Returns:
  • access time

1. get_recently_accessed_files function

• This function returns a list of recently accessed files in the given directory and its subdirectories, sorted by their access time in descending order.

• Args :

  • directory_path: The path to the directory to search.
  • time_threshold: The time threshold in seconds since the Unix epoch. Only files accessed after the time threshold will be returned. If None, all files will be returned.

• Returns:

  • A list of file paths, sorted by their access time in descending order.

Output

The script will create a list of recently accessed files.

Example

• file1.txt
• file2.txt
• file3.txt
• file4.txt
• file5.txt
• file6.txt