check_file_time.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys
from os import path
from datetime import datetime, timedelta


def files(path):
    for file in os.listdir(path):
        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, file)):
            yield file

serverpath = "./testing_scripts/"

docs = files(serverpath)

_30_mins_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=1)

try:
    for doc in docs:
        doctime = datetime.fromtimestamp(path.getctime(serverpath + doc))
        if doctime < _30_mins_ago:
            print doc + " more than 30 minutes old"
        else:
            print "All document root files checked for sftp user are less than 30 minutes old."
            sys.exit(0)
except:
    sys.exit(0)