#expirevid.pl

Jerry Fath jerryfath at gmail dot com

Recurse directories and expire episodes by age or count according to config files

Usage [perl] expirevid.pl [-t] /toplevel/dir
-t test run (no files will be deleted)

Config files are named expirevid.cfg and have the format:
maxage=#
maxcount=#

maxage is the maximum age in days before expiration. 0 means don't expire by age
maxcount is the maximum number of video files in a directory before oldest is expired. 0 means unlimited.

Config files can occur anywhere in the directory tree. The specified values are then used for the current tree level and lower until a new config file is found

Video file extensions supported: .mkv, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .avi

WARNING: Mis-configuration can cause this script to delete things you want to keep
Use the -t test run flag to make sure things are configured correctly!
Double check your configuration and use at your own risk