How to delete files with a Python script from a FTP server which are older than 7 days?

Question

I would like to write a Python script which allows me to delete files from a FTP Server after they have reached a certain age. I prepared the scipt below but it throws the e

Answer 1

Well, it looks like the error you are seeing has to do with the fact that you are trying to remove the 'test123' directory from your local machine, not the FTP site. The FTP docs have a method called delete, and that's what you'd want to use to remove the file. As far as testing whether or not something is 7 days old or not, you might actually have to pull those files down from the FTP temporarily then check the modify times before using FTP.delete.