Question

spython script to list all of the files and directories that have been created

Answer 1

Without giving you the entire answer, here are the parts you need:

• walk: os.walk('.') iterates over all of the files and directories in . and any of its subdirectories. You can wrap a for loop around that. Look at the examples to get the os.path.join(dirpath, filename) and other details right.
• stat: os.stat(pathname) returns a stat object with information about the file at pathname. Depending on your platform, either st_ctime or st_birthtime may be the creation time. (On some platforms, there is no way to get it.) The format is seconds since the epoch.
• The time module: You’ve already been told about this. Get the current time at startup, using your favorite seconds-since-the-epoch function. Any file where starttime - create time <= X * 60 is new. (But make sure you get the timezone stuff right—use either GMT or local time for both file times and current times.)