Question

I need to create a script in Python which will look to a directory (which contains only one file) and move it if the file is not for the current day. For reference the file has a suffix which relates to the current day (myfile_030811.xls)

Does anyone have any ideas for this?

Answer 1

try this? This assumes that a directory called ‘archived’ is present under the current directory. you might want to tweak it to suit your needs. Also this assumes that all files under your directory have a name of the structure _ddmmyy. format. It won’t work otherwise

from stat import *
import os
import time
import shutil
import sys

for file in os.listdir(sys.argv[1]):
  ct = time.localtime()
  datestamp_on_filename = file.split('_')[1].split('.')[0]
  current_date_in_ddmmyy = str(ct.tm_mday) + (('0' + str(ct.tm_mon)) if ct.tm_mon < 10 else str(ct.tm_mon)) + str(ct.tm_year)[2:]
  if datestamp_on_filename != current_date_in_ddmmyy:
    print 'moving ' + file
    shutil.move(sys.argv[1] + "/" + file, 'archived')