# @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48929553/get-hard-disk-size-in-python import psutil import shutil import os backup_disk_path = "/media/encrypteddrive-sda/" backups_folder_path = os.path.join(backup_disk_path, "Backups/") while psutil.disk_usage(backup_disk_path).percent > 50: print("%d %% of disk %s are used. Freeing space..." % (psutil.disk_usage(backup_disk_path).percent,backup_disk_path)) for primary_directory in os.listdir(backups_folder_path): primary_directory = os.path.join(backups_folder_path, primary_directory) for application_directory in os.listdir(primary_directory): application_directory = os.path.join(primary_directory, application_directory) diffs_directory = os.path.join(application_directory, "diffs/") diffs = os.listdir(diffs_directory) diffs.sort(reverse=False) delete_diff = diffs_directory + diffs[0] print("Deleting %s..." % (delete_diff)) shutil.rmtree(delete_diff) print("Cleaning up finished: %d %% of disk %s are used." % (psutil.disk_usage(backup_disk_path).percent,backup_disk_path))