Convert dictionary of file system metadata to a sorted list of dictionaries.

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