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December 19, 2014 14:36
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Python script to move old files from one folder to another.
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import sys | |
import os | |
import glob | |
import shutil | |
import time | |
import logging | |
from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta | |
# start editable vars # | |
days_old = 28 # how old the files have to be before they are moved | |
original_folder = "/source/folder" # folder to move files from | |
new_folder = "/target/folder" # folder to move files to | |
logfile = "/somewhere/log.log" # log file to record what has happened | |
# end editable vars # | |
# start function definitions # | |
def log(level,msg,tofile=True): | |
print msg | |
if tofile == True: | |
if level == 0: | |
logger.info(msg) | |
else: | |
logger.error(msg) | |
def end(code): | |
log(0,"End.") | |
log(0,"-------------------------") | |
sys.exit(code) | |
# end function definitions # | |
# start process # | |
move_date = date.today() - timedelta(days=days_old) | |
move_date = time.mktime(move_date.timetuple()) | |
logger = logging.getLogger("cuarch") | |
hdlr = logging.FileHandler(logfile) | |
hdlr.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s: %(message)s')) | |
logger.addHandler(hdlr) | |
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) | |
log(0,"Initialising...") | |
count = 0 | |
size = 0.0 | |
for filename in glob.glob1(original_folder, "*.*"): | |
srcfile = os.path.join(original_folder, filename) | |
destfile = os.path.join(new_folder, filename) | |
if os.stat(srcfile).st_mtime < move_date: | |
if not os.path.isfile(destfile): | |
size = size + (os.path.getsize(srcfile) / (1024*1024.0)) | |
shutil.move(srcfile, destfile) | |
log(0,"Archived '" + filename + "'.") | |
count = count + 1 | |
log(0,"Archived " + str(count) + " files, totalling " + str(round(size,2)) + "MB.") | |
end(0) |
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thanks for this, how to move sub directories within the src directory as well please?