[Tutor] Help listing directory timestamps and deleting directories
Japhy Bartlett
japhy at pearachute.com
Mon Jan 24 20:23:49 CET 2011
I would check that os.path.join(r,dir) is giving you the directory you
think it is.
- japhy
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:25 PM, bsdwiz at gmail.com <bsdwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, hoping for some help here. I've been trying to write a python script
> (complete newb) and have spent several days trying to get this right with no
> success.
>
> I am trying to list timestamps in a directory and if they are older than x
> amount of days delete the directories. It seems that in my for loop it is
> only evaluating the last timestamp of the last directory and using that
> timestamp to make the deletion decision. I realize that this script isn't
> going to delete the directories with evaluate as true but I haven't been
> able to get that far yet...
>
>
>
> ###########start script##############
> ###Modules###
>
> import os
> import time
>
> ###Global Variables###
>
> curr_t = time.time()
>
> days = 2629743 #2629743 is 30 days in epoch time.
>
> directory=os.path.join("/home", "userid", "python")
>
>
> for r,d,f in os.walk(directory):
> for dir in d:
> timestamp = os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(r,dir)) ## It seems that
> the below "if" statement is only comparing the timestamp of the last
> directory that this variable lists.
> print timestamp
> if curr_t - days < timestamp: #### I am expecting
> this statement to compare each timestamp of the "directory" variable and
> print out if it should be deleted or not.
> print "Your file will be deleted"
>
> else:
> print "File will NOT be deleted..."
>
>
> #######################end of script#############################
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
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