Changes the Creation Date attribute of files at the top of a given Drive in windows so that Create Date orders the same as Alphabetically

match_creation_to_name.py

# pylint: disable=I1101,E1101
"""
    os for generic filesystem operations
    argparse to accept a drive letter
    time as a basis for creation time
    pywintypes and win32file for windows file manipulation
"""
import os
import argparse
import time
import pywintypes
import win32file


def get_args():
    """Sets up command-line arguments. Returns the parsed arguments."""
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("driveletter",
                        type=str,
                        help="The drive letter assigned to the device mounted in windows.")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    return args

def files(path):
    """ Returns a list of filenames from the given directory.
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14176166/list-only-files-in-a-directory
    """
    for file in os.listdir(path):
        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, file)):
            yield file

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4996405/how-do-i-change-the-file-creation-date-of-a-windows-file-from-python
def change_file_create_time(path, ctime):
    """modifies a given file's Creation Date attribute using a given unix timestamp"""
    # path: your file path
    # ctime: Unix timestamp

    # open file and get the handle of file
    # API: http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/win32file__CreateFile_meth.html
    handle = win32file.CreateFile(
        path,                          # file path
        win32file.GENERIC_WRITE,       # must opened with GENERIC_WRITE access
        0,
        None,
        win32file.OPEN_EXISTING, 
        0,
        0
    )

    # create a PyTime object
    # API: http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/pywintypes__Time_meth.html
    py_time = pywintypes.Time(ctime)

    # reset the create time of file
    # API: http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/win32file__SetFileTime_meth.html
    win32file.SetFileTime(
        handle,
        py_time
    )

def main():
    """The primary or controlling function.
    """
    args = get_args()
    if len(args.driveletter) != 1:
        print("Only the drive letter is allowed.")
        exit()
    abspath = os.path.abspath(args.driveletter + ":")
    files_in_drive = sorted(list(files(abspath)),
                            key=lambda filename: [x for x in filename if x.isalnum()])
    current_time = int(time.time())
    for index, media in enumerate(files_in_drive):
        full_path = os.path.join(abspath, media)
        print(media)
        change_file_create_time(full_path, current_time + index)



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()