On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM, W W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could it be
> that the file is stored in RAM and "remembered" even though it's been
> closed?
Yes, the OS caches file and directory data so the second open is faster.
Kent
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I've just made an interesting observation, and I'm curious if anyone
knows any more about it.
1 import time
2
3 start = time.time()
4 f = open("test.txt")
5 f.close()
6 end = time.time()
7 print end - start
8
9
10 start = time.time()
11 f = open("/home/wayne/python_files/test/t
