touch a directory in python (Linux) [duplicate]

Question

Is there a way to "touch" a existing directory in Linux using python so that its modtime becomes the current system time?

From the command line this is the equivalent of touch $directory.

Answer 1

os.utime() will allow you to set the atime and mtime of an existing filesystem object, defaulting to the current date and time.

os.utime(path)

Answer 2

You can do that with os.utime:

now = time.time()
os.utime('/tmp/marker', (now, now))