Python, Deleting all files in a folder older than X days

Question

I\'m trying to write a python script to delete all files in a folder older than X days. This is what I have so far:

import os, time, sys

path = r\"c:\\user         


        

Answer 1

A simple python script to remove /logs/ files older than 10 days

#!/usr/bin/python

# run by crontab
# removes any files in /logs/ older than 10 days

import os, sys, time
from subprocess import call

def get_file_directory(file):
    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file))

now = time.time()
cutoff = now - (10 * 86400)

files = os.listdir(os.path.join(get_file_directory(__file__), "logs"))
file_path = os.path.join(get_file_directory(__file__), "logs/")
for xfile in files:
    if os.path.isfile(str(file_path) + xfile):
        t = os.stat(str(file_path) + xfile)
        c = t.st_ctime

        # delete file if older than 10 days
        if c < cutoff:
            os.remove(str(file_path) + xfile)

With __file__ you can replace by your path.