win32-scripts

win32 scripts

win32_chowntree

usage

C:\>python win32_chowntree.py --help
usage: win32_chowntree.py [-h] [-u USERNAME] DIR

recursively enable all permissions for files in target_dir

positional arguments:
  DIR                   target directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u USERNAME, --user_account_name USERNAME
                        account name. Default is "Everyone".

clean_temp_files

usage

C:\projects\win32-scripts>python clean_temp_files.py --help
usage: clean_temp_files.py [-h] [--temp-root TEMP_ROOT] [--actually-delete]
                           [--max-age MAX_AGE] [--log-level LOG_LEVEL]

deletes old files from your temp directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --temp-root TEMP_ROOT
                        root of temp dir. defaults to win32api.GetTempPath().
  --actually-delete     ACTUALLY DELETE. ARE YOU SURE?
  --max-age MAX_AGE     max age, in seconds. defaults to 2 weeks.
  --log-level LOG_LEVEL
                        log level

known issues:

• this relies upon os.walk, which constructs a list of dirs and a list of files in the dir it is visiting. this means it is incredibly slow at navigating directories containing huge numbers of files/dirs. your top-level temp dir may be such a dir.

alternate approaches:

1. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/schedule-disk-cleanup-to-run-regularly -- which opens a dialog
2. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10705/how-to-schedule-disk-cleanup-in-windows-7-vista/ -- which uses registry settings, and breaks under windows 7 sometimes in ways the author of the article does not understand