Adam, Look at the source for the shutil class. You may be able to adjust shutil.rmtree to fix your problems.
Martin Katz, Ph.D. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Getchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 1:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shell tool Hello all, I've just started trying to use Python to automate Windows system administration. I wrote my first (long-winded, amateurish) shell-tool to os.path.walk through a directory structure and delete files older than 2 days. (Keeps users from cluttering some temporary storage space). It works fine, except that it does not delete the empty directories. Any hints? """Delete files older than AGING constant using os.path.walk""" import sys, os, time AGING = 172800 # Default 2 days def lister(dummy, dirName, filesInDir): print '[' + dirName + ']' for fname in filesInDir: path = os.path.join(dirName, fname) if not os.path.isdir(path): print path, time.ctime(os.stat(path).st_mtime), fileage(path), prune(path) purge(path) def fileage(file): curtime = time.time() modtime = os.stat(file).st_mtime age = curtime - modtime return age def prune(file): if fileage(file) > AGING: return ("T") else: return ("File should not be deleted") def purge(file): if prune(file) == "T": os.remove(file) if __name__ == '__main__': os.path.walk(sys.argv[1], lister, None) --Adam Getchell _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
