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Automatically clean up the "Previous Mobile Applications" folder created by iTunes. https://zmwangx.github.io/blog/2015-06-27-automatically-clean-up-previous-mobile-applications.html
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| """Periodically clean up "Previous Mobile Applications" of iTunes.""" | |
| import arrow | |
| import datetime | |
| import json | |
| import os | |
| import sys | |
| OFFENDING_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications/Previous Mobile Applications") | |
| STORAGE_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share/itunes") | |
| STORAGE_FILE = os.path.join(STORAGE_DIR, "previous-mobile-applications.json") | |
| DELETE_AFTER = datetime.timedelta(days=7) | |
| def load_storage(): | |
| """Load stored dictionary of seen apps from STORAGE_FILE. | |
| Returns | |
| ------- | |
| seen_app_dict : dict | |
| Dictionary of (app_filename, first_seen_date) key-value pairs, | |
| where app_filename is str, and last_seen_date is datetime.date. | |
| """ | |
| os.makedirs(STORAGE_DIR, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True) | |
| try: | |
| with open(STORAGE_FILE, encoding="utf-8") as fp: | |
| serializable_seen_app_dict = json.load(fp) | |
| return {app_filename: arrow.get(serialized_first_seen_date).date() | |
| for app_filename, serialized_first_seen_date in serializable_seen_app_dict.items()} | |
| except OSError: | |
| return {} | |
| def write_storage(seen_app_dict): | |
| """Write the dictionary of seen apps to STORAGE_FILE. | |
| Parameters | |
| ---------- | |
| seen_app_dict : dict | |
| See the return format of load_storage(). | |
| Returns | |
| ------- | |
| 0 or 1 | |
| Return code indicating success or failure. | |
| """ | |
| # convert datetime.time to str (ISO 8601) | |
| serializable_seen_app_dict = {app_filename: first_seen_date.isoformat() | |
| for app_filename, first_seen_date in seen_app_dict.items()} | |
| os.makedirs(STORAGE_DIR, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True) | |
| try: | |
| with open(STORAGE_FILE, mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as fp: | |
| json.dump(serializable_seen_app_dict, fp, indent=2, sort_keys=True) | |
| return 0 | |
| except OSError as err: | |
| sys.stderr.write("error: failed to write to '%s': %s" % (STORAGE_FILE, str(err))) | |
| return 1 | |
| def main(): | |
| """Main. | |
| Returns | |
| ------- | |
| 0 or 1 | |
| Return code indicating success or failure. | |
| """ | |
| if not os.path.isdir(OFFENDING_DIR): | |
| # good, you don't have that junk | |
| return 0 | |
| today = datetime.date.today() | |
| seen_app_dict = load_storage() | |
| current_app_list = os.listdir(OFFENDING_DIR) | |
| # boot already disappeared apps | |
| for app in [app for app in seen_app_dict if app not in current_app_list]: | |
| seen_app_dict.pop(app) | |
| # add newly appeared apps | |
| for app in [app for app in current_app_list if app not in seen_app_dict]: | |
| seen_app_dict[app] = today | |
| # delete expired apps | |
| returncode = 0 | |
| newly_deleted_apps = [] | |
| for app in seen_app_dict: | |
| if today >= seen_app_dict[app] + DELETE_AFTER: | |
| app_path = os.path.join(OFFENDING_DIR, app) | |
| try: | |
| os.remove(app_path) | |
| newly_deleted_apps.append(app) | |
| except OSError as err: | |
| sys.stderr.write("error: failed to remove '%s': %s" % (app_path, str(err))) | |
| returncode = 1 | |
| for app in newly_deleted_apps: | |
| seen_app_dict.pop(app) | |
| # write data to disk | |
| returncode |= write_storage(seen_app_dict) | |
| return returncode | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| exit(main()) |
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