add cron script to purge old pastes

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 4454890..8b53f8c 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # configuration file of pastme service
 
+# the directory where the pastes are stored
 pastedir = '/tmp/pastes'
+
+# how many days a paste remain stored
+timeout = 30
diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..3721332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../config.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/purge-old-pastes.sh b/scripts/purge-old-pastes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a22ded8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/purge-old-pastes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script is intend to be run as a cron job (every day for ex) to purge
+# old pastes.
+
+pastedir="$(python3 -c 'import config; print(config.pastedir)')"
+timeout="$(python3 -c 'import config; print(config.timeout)')"
+find "$pastedir" -type f -mtime +"$timeout" -exec rm {} \;