how to find the owner of a file or directory in python

Question

I need a function or method in Python to find the owner of a file or directory.

The function should be like:

>>> find_owner(\"/home/somedir         


        

Answer 1

See os.stat. It gives you st_uid which is the user ID of the owner. Then you have to convert it to the name. To do that, use pwd.getpwuid.