Remove empty directories

[ppu.git] / remove-old-files.py

diff --git a/remove-old-files.py b/remove-old-files.py
index 79d5b69ca1986ac2674d75bbc9987020a8c4adab..5ff7d80402730403944807876f8de624fcf45fc1 100755 (executable)
--- a/remove-old-files.py
+++ b/remove-old-files.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import os
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Remove old files')
+    parser.add_argument('-e', '--empty-dirs', action='store_true',
+                        help='remove empty directories')
     parser.add_argument('-o', '--older', required=True, type=int,
                         help='remove files older than this (in days)')
     parser.add_argument('start_dir', help='start from this directory')
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     now = datetime.now()
 
     for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(args.start_dir, topdown=False):
+        has_newer_files = False
         for fname in filenames:
             file_path = os.path.join(dirpath, fname)
             file_modified = datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(file_path))
@@ -26,6 +29,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     os.remove(file_path)
                 except OSError:
                     errors += 1
+            else:
+                has_newer_files = True
+        if args.empty_dirs and not dirnames and not has_newer_files:
+            count += 1
+            try:
+                os.rmdir(dirpath)
+            except OSError:
+                errors += 1
 
-    print("Removed {0:d} files, freed {1:d} bytes, {2:d} errors".format(
+    print("Removed {0:d} files/dirs, freed {1:d} bytes, {2:d} errors".format(
           count, size, errors))