The python script below gets the newest file and directory created yesterday. The file and directory must match a pattern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The file and directory are then zipped. The source file and directory remain on the drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
import os\nimport datetime\nimport re\nimport shutil\nimport tarfile\n\ndef get_newest_in_previous_day(path):\n previous_day_files = []\n previous_day_dirs = []\n\n previous_day = (datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=1))\n pattern = re.compile(r\"\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}Z(\\.pbm\\.json)?$\")\n\n for name in os.listdir(path):\n # Skip names that do not match the pattern\n if not pattern.match(name):\n continue\n\n full_path = os.path.join(path, name)\n timestamp_str = name.split('T')[0] # Extract the date part from the name\n timestamp = datetime.datetime.strptime(timestamp_str, \"%Y-%m-%d\")\n\n # Check if it's the previous day\n if timestamp.date() == previous_day.date():\n if os.path.isfile(full_path):\n previous_day_files.append((timestamp, name))\n elif os.path.isdir(full_path):\n previous_day_dirs.append((timestamp, name))\n\n # Sort by timestamp (newest first) and get the first name\n previous_day_files.sort(reverse=True)\n previous_day_dirs.sort(reverse=True)\n\n newest_file = previous_day_files[0][1] if previous_day_files else None\n newest_dir = previous_day_dirs[0][1] if previous_day_dirs else None\n\n gzip_name = previous_day.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d-Database.gzip\")\n gzip_file_path = os.path.join(path, gzip_name)\n\n # If both the file and directory exist, compress them\n if newest_file and newest_dir:\n with tarfile.open(gzip_file_path, \"w:gz\") as tar:\n tar.add(os.path.join(path, newest_file))\n tar.add(os.path.join(path, newest_dir))\n\n print(\"File and directory were zipped.\")\n else:\n print(\"Nothing was zipped.\")\n\n return newest_file, newest_dir\n\n\npath = \"\/mnt\/backups\/0300\/rs\"\nget_newest_in_previous_day(path)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look for file and folder created yesterday The python script below gets the newest file and directory created yesterday. The file and directory must match a pattern. The file and directory are then zipped. The source file and directory remain on the drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,14,3],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-python","tag-backup","tag-files","tag-python"],"yoast_head":"\n
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