How to delete files with a Python script from a FTP server which are older than 7 days?
- by Tom
Hello 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 error message: WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: '/test123/*.*' Do someone have an idea how to resolve this issue? Thank you in advance!
import os, time
from ftplib import FTP
ftp = FTP('127.0.0.1')
print "Automated FTP Maintainance"
print 'Logging in.'
ftp.login('admin', 'admin')
# This is the directory that we want to go to
directory = 'test123'
print 'Changing to:' + directory
ftp.cwd(directory)
files = ftp.retrlines('LIST')
print 'List of Files:' + files
# ftp.remove('LIST')
#-------------------------------------------
now = time.time()
for f in os.listdir(directory):
if os.stat(f).st_mtime < now - 7 * 86400:
if os.directory.isfile(f):
os.remove(os.directory.join(directory, f))
#except:
#exit ("Cannot delete files")
#-------------------------------------------
print 'Closing FTP connection'
ftp.close()
