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Changing the modified tiem of a directory on POSIX systems
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gistfile1.py
>>> from os import mkdir
>>> from os.path import getmtime
>>> mkdir("foo")
>>> getmtime("foo")
1399872726.0
>>> from os import utime
>>> utime("foo", None)
>>> getmtime("foo")
1399872755.0
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See: https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.utime

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In answer to SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23601065/how-to-create-new-file-and-delete-it-inside-directory?noredirect=1#comment36228062_23601065

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