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davehull/get_meta_by_dir.py

Created December 12, 2011 01:23
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Convert dictionary of file system metadata to a sorted list of dictionaries.
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get_meta_by_dir.py
Takes the unsorted Python dictionary of file system metadata created by
git://gist.github.com/1463512.git and converts it to a sorted list of dictionaries containing
files and their metadata elements.
def get_meta_by_dir(dictionary):
# Sort the dictionary, return a list of dictionaries
items = [(pname, fname) for pname, fname in dictionary.items()]
items.sort()
return items
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