add cron script to purge old pastes

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
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+../config.py
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diff --git a/scripts/purge-old-pastes.sh b/scripts/purge-old-pastes.sh
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+#!/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 {} \;