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Automate Removal of Old Dropbox Screenshots
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import os | |
from datetime import datetime, timedelta | |
dropbox_screenshot_dir = '/Users/adrienshen/Dropbox/Screenshots' | |
defaults = { | |
'days_since': 30, | |
} | |
oldest_date = datetime.now() - timedelta(defaults['days_since']) | |
def browse_files(): | |
print('Remove screenshots older than {} days'.format(defaults['days_since'])) | |
for filename in os.listdir(dropbox_screenshot_dir): | |
if (filename.split()[0] == 'Screenshot' and is_ancient(filename.split()[1])): | |
f = os.path.join(dropbox_screenshot_dir, filename) | |
print('Removing ', f) | |
os.remove(f) | |
def is_ancient(file_date): | |
parsed_date = datetime.strptime(file_date, '%Y-%m-%d') | |
return parsed_date < oldest_date | |
def __main__(): | |
browse_files() | |
__main__() |
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