Deleting Directories

[moma]

Laura McCord wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I need to delete all directories in /var/www/html/test that are older
> than five days. I am new to python so how would I get started? Any tips
> or suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks, 
>  Laura
> 
Hello Laura,

Use walk() or listdir() to traverse thru all files in your directory.
The following excerpt is a skeleton, untested code. It tests 
modified_date and can delete both files and directories.
Note: rmdir() and unlink() is commented out.

www.google.com has several examples.
Search for "python walk and (dir or listdir)"


// moma
    python newb
    http://www.futuredesktop.org


#!/usr/bin/python -u

import sys, time
from os import listdir, unlink
from os.path import isdir, isfile, islink, join, getmtime

deldir = "/home/moma/tmp"
days = 5
now = int(time.time())
deldate = now - (days * 24 * 60 * 60)

# -------------------------------------

def del_entry(_name):
	try:	
		if isdir(_name):
			# rmdir(_name)
			sys.stdout.write("Delete DIR %s\n" % (_name))
		else:
			# unlink(_name) # or remove(_name)
			sys.stdout.write("Delete FILE %s\n" % (_name))
	except IOError:
		sys.stderr.write("Cannot delete %s\n" % (_name))

# -------------------------------------

def list_dir(_dir, _date, _action):
	if not isdir(_dir):
		print "%s is not a directory" % (_dir)
		return

	# if getmtime(_dir) > _date: return

	for file in listdir(_dir):
		path = join(_dir, file)
		
		if getmtime(path) > _date: continue
		
		if isdir(path):
			list_dir(path, _date,  _action)
			_action(path)
		else:
			# isfile() or islink()	
			_action(path)
			

// Run it
list_dir(deldir, deldate, del_entry)