Maintain a cache of stat() information on files.
 
There are functions to reset the cache or to selectively remove items.

Modules
		os

Functions
		forget(path) Remove a given item from the cache, if it exists. forget_dir(prefix) Forget a directory and all entries except for entries in subdirs. forget_except_prefix(prefix) Remove all pathnames except with a given prefix.   Normally used with prefix = '/' after a chdir(). forget_prefix(prefix) Remove all pathnames with a given prefix. isdir(path) Return 1 if directory, else 0. reset() Clear the cache. stat(path) Stat a file, possibly out of the cache.

Data
		ST_ATIME = 7 ST_CTIME = 9 ST_DEV = 2 ST_GID = 5 ST_INO = 1 ST_MODE = 0 ST_MTIME = 8 ST_NLINK = 3 ST_SIZE = 6 ST_UID = 4 S_ENFMT = 1024 S_IEXEC = 64 S_IFBLK = 24576 S_IFCHR = 8192 S_IFDIR = 16384 S_IFIFO = 4096 S_IFLNK = 40960 S_IFREG = 32768 S_IFSOCK = 49152 S_IREAD = 256 S_IRGRP = 32 S_IROTH = 4 S_IRUSR = 256 S_IRWXG = 56 S_IRWXO = 7 S_IRWXU = 448 S_ISGID = 1024 S_ISUID = 2048 S_ISVTX = 512 S_IWGRP = 16 S_IWOTH = 2 S_IWRITE = 128 S_IWUSR = 128 S_IXGRP = 8 S_IXOTH = 1 S_IXUSR = 64 __all__ = ['stat', 'reset', 'forget', 'forget_prefix', 'forget_dir', 'forget_except_prefix', 'isdir'] __file__ = '/usr/lib/python2.1/statcache.pyc' __name__ = 'statcache' cache = {}