dirty-helpers/find-unused

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Find
# unused
# directories
# by
# looking
# at
# the
# atimes
# of
# the
# contained
# files.
#
require 'optparse'

options = {}
options[:days] = 180

def used_recently?(path, days)
  if File.directory?(path)
    used_recently = false
    empty = true
    Dir.new(path).each do |entry|
      if entry != "." && entry != ".."
        empty = false
        if used_recently?("#{path}/#{entry}", days)
          used_recently = true
        end
      end
    end
    if !used_recently && !empty
      puts "unused: #{path}"
    end
    return used_recently
  elsif File.file?(path) || File.socket?(path) || File.symlink?(path)
    return (File.lstat(path).atime >= Time.now() - (days * 24 * 3600))
  else
    puts "Unknown file type: #{path}"
    exit 1
  end
end

# Parse options
OptionParser.new do |opts|
  opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} [options] DIRECTORY..."
  
  opts.separator ""
  opts.separator "Find unused (sub-)directories, recursively traversing DIRECTORY, by looking at the atime(s) of all contained files. A directory is considered unused if ALL of the contained files weren't accessed for DAYS days (default is 180 days.)"
  opts.separator ""
  
  opts.on("-d", "--days DAYS", Integer,
          "Days after a file is considered unused") do |d|
    options[:days] = d
  end
end.parse!

dirs = ARGV
if dirs.length == 0
  dirs = "."
end

dirs.each do |dir|
  used_recently?(dir, options[:days])
end