Finding most recently edited file in python

Question

I have a set of folders, and I want to be able to run a function that will find the most recently edited file and tell me the name of the file and the folder it is in.

Folder layout:

root
    Folder A
        File A
        File B
    Folder B
        File C
        File D
etc...

Any tips to get me started as i've hit a bit of a wall.

Answer 1

If anyone is looking for an one line way to do it:

latest_edited_file = max([f for f in os.scandir("path\\to\\search")], key=lambda x: x.stat().st_mtime).name