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SaturN · Jul 16th, 2005, 2:52 PM

Ok, has no use to me, probably has NO use to anyone, But i made it just to see if it works basically..
All it will do is make sure that NO files can be added to a protected folder specifyed by 'path' variable. And will delete anything that is not added to a 'whitelist'.. Have fun with it, don't really care if there is no use! lol..

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import os
from time import sleep
whitelist = [
	'protected.txt',   #add files to this to 'protect' from deletion
	'save.doc'
	]
path = YOUR GIVEN PATH
while(1):
	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
		for name in files:
			if name not in whitelist:
				try:
					os.remove(os.path.join(path, name))
				except:
					pass
	sleep(4)

Designed to run as a 'background' process, so save it as a '.pyw'
ps: There is no break from the loop, to close search processes in the windows task manager for 'pythonw.exe' and close that to close the program..

Cerulean · Jul 16th, 2005, 3:28 PM

Quote:

Designed to run as a 'background' process, so save it as a '.pyw'

Lazy, Windows only solution

You're meant to fork your process into the background. How to do that has been addressed in another thread.

If you want a solution that doesn't eat CPU, yet still gets informed of file additions/modifications in a directory almost instantaneously, look into the appropriate technology for your OS that informs your daemon of file i/o events that occur in a certain directory (e.g FAM on *nix, KDirWatch when using kdelibs, etc).

SaturN · Jul 16th, 2005, 4:58 PM

I'm a lazy person!!

Great excuse to pull *still learning like's the feed-back*
hehe, i'll look in to 'forking' processes now! As for the second part All i'm gonna say is, please don't confuse me!!

Jul 16th, 2005, 2:52 PM	#1
SaturN Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Uk Posts: 68 Rep Power: 4	Protected Folders Ok, has no use to me, probably has NO use to anyone, But i made it just to see if it works basically.. All it will do is make sure that NO files can be added to a protected folder specifyed by 'path' variable. And will delete anything that is not added to a 'whitelist'.. Have fun with it, don't really care if there is no use! lol.. (Toggle Plain Text) import os from time import sleep whitelist = [ 'protected.txt', #add files to this to 'protect' from deletion 'save.doc' ] path = YOUR GIVEN PATH while(1): for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path): for name in files: if name not in whitelist: try: os.remove(os.path.join(path, name)) except: pass sleep(4) import os from time import sleep whitelist = [ 'protected.txt', #add files to this to 'protect' from deletion 'save.doc' ] path = YOUR GIVEN PATH while(1): for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path): for name in files: if name not in whitelist: try: os.remove(os.path.join(path, name)) except: pass sleep(4) Designed to run as a 'background' process, so save it as a '.pyw' ps: There is no break from the loop, to close search processes in the windows task manager for 'pythonw.exe' and close that to close the program.. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) while me is alive: make(life,simple) while me is alive: make(life,simple)

Jul 16th, 2005, 4:58 PM	#3
SaturN Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Uk Posts: 68 Rep Power: 4	I'm a lazy person!! Great excuse to pull still learning like's the feed-back hehe, i'll look in to 'forking' processes now! As for the second part All i'm gonna say is, please don't confuse me!! __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) while me is alive: make(life,simple) while me is alive: make(life,simple)

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