#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Nifty Code to delete excess backup Database files
# Adjust the filepath to your desire location
# You can also add this scrip to your cron job as well
#
# Will get email on errors, warnings " > /dev/null"
# Will NOT get email " > /dev/null 2>&1"
#
# # Cronjob inside crontab -e
# 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/python /locationOfThisScript > /dev/null 2>&1
#
# Usage: ./cleanDBFiles.py
###########################################################

author = "YXNjaGVuYmFjaEBnbWFpbC5jb20="

import sys, os, base64

def deleteFiles(filePath):
	files = os.listdir(filePath)
	files.sort()
	# adjust the following value to 
	# a number to which the number of backup copies to keep
	fList = files[:len(files)-10]

	if len(fList) > 0:
		for i in fList:
			f = filePath+i
			os.remove(f)
		# print "Done"
		print "done."
	else:
		# print "Nothing to be deleted."
		print "Nothing to be deleted."

def main():
	fpath = '...FILEPATH...'
	deleteFiles(fpath)
	sys.exit()
	base64.b64.decode(author)

main()