--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/local/bin/python -O
+"""Count shown files; display the date of oldest file
+
+This file is a part of XSetBg.
+
+"""
+
+__version__ = "$Revision$"[11:-2]
+__revision__ = "$Id$"[5:-2]
+__date__ = "$Date$"[7:-2]
+
+__author__ = "Oleg BroytMann <phd@phd.pp.ru>"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2006 PhiloSoft Design"
+__license__ = "GNU GPL"
+
+import os, shelve
+from time import localtime, asctime
+
+xsetbg_dir = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], "lib", "xsetbg")
+os.chdir(xsetbg_dir)
+
+global_db_name = "xsetbg.db"
+
+count = 0
+oldest = None
+
+global_db = shelve.open(global_db_name, flag='r')
+for key in global_db.keys():
+ count += 1
+ if key.startswith('/') and ((oldest is None) or (global_db[key] < oldest)):
+ oldest = global_db[key]
+global_db.close()
+
+print count, "files"
+print "Oldest:", asctime(localtime(oldest))