Python get most recent file in a directory with certain extension

Question

I\'m trying to use the newest file in the \'upload\' directory with \'.log\' extension to be processed by Python. I use a Ubuntu web server and file upload is done

Answer 1

The problem is that the logical inverse of max is min:

newest = max(glob.iglob('upload/*.log'), key=os.path.getctime)

For your purposes should be:

 newest = min(glob.iglob('upload/*.log'), key=os.path.getctime)