#!/usr/bin/env python import os import time start_time = time.time() for i in range(0, 10000): os.mkdir("%d" % i) for i in range(0, 10000): os.rmdir("%d" % i) for i in range(0, 10000): myfile = file("%d" % i, 'w') myfile.write("hello") myfile.close() for i in range(0, 10000): os.unlink("%d" % i) end_time = time.time() print "%f" % (end_time - start_time)