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Delete windows temp files
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
# run by crontab | |
# removes any files and folders in /tmp/ older than 1 day | |
# modified from http://pp19dd.com/2013/10/python-script-to-remove-tmp-files-older-than-7-days/ | |
import os, sys, time, shutil | |
from subprocess import call | |
now = time.time() | |
cutoff = now - (1 * 86400) | |
files = os.listdir("c:/windows/temp") | |
for xfile in files: | |
t = os.stat( "c:/windows/temp/" + xfile ) | |
c = t.st_ctime | |
# delete file if older than a week | |
if c < cutoff: | |
#print xfile | |
try: | |
if os.path.isfile( "c:/windows/temp/" + xfile ): | |
#print 'deleteing file...' | |
os.remove("c:/windows/temp/" + xfile) | |
else: | |
#print 'deleteing directory...' | |
shutil.rmtree("c:/windows/temp/" + xfile) | |
except OSError: | |
# Ignore permission errors, etc, and carry on. | |
# print "Failed to delete " + xfile | |
pass |
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