Pass date to a variable from the script
<p>I have this script for delete images older than a date.</p>

<p>Mi question is if I can pass the date when I call to run the script.</p>

<p>Example:
The script is called delete_images.py and delete images older than a data (YYYY-MM-DD)</p>

<pre><code>    python delete_images.py 2010-12-31
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<p>Script (works with a fixed date (xDate variable))</p>

<pre><code>    import os, glob, time

    root = '/home/master/files/' # one specific folder
    #root = 'D:\\Vacation\\*'          # or all the subfolders too
    # expiration date in the format YYYY-MM-DD

    ### I have to pass the date from the script ###
    xDate = '2010-12-31' 

    print '-'*50
    for folder in glob.glob(root):
        print folder
        # here .jpg image files, but could be .txt files or whatever
        for image in glob.glob(folder + '/*.jpg'):
            # retrieves the stats for the current jpeg image file
            # the tuple element at index 8 is the last-modified-date
            stats = os.stat(image)
            # put the two dates into matching format    
            lastmodDate = time.localtime(stats[8])
            expDate = time.strptime(xDate, '%Y-%m-%d')
            print image, time.strftime("%m/%d/%y", lastmodDate)
            # check if image-last-modified-date is outdated
            if  expDate &gt; lastmodDate:
                try:
                    print 'Removing', image, time.strftime("(older than %m/%d/%y)", expDate)
                    os.remove(image)  # commented out for testing
                except OSError:
                    print 'Could not remove', image 
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