puttylogs.py

# Script Name		: puttylogs.py
# Author				: Craig Richards
# Created				: 13th October 2011
# Last Modified		: 29th February 2012
# Version				: 1.2

# Modifications		: 1.1 - Added the variable zip_program so you can set it for the zip program on whichever OS, so to run on a different OS just change the locations of these two variables.
#							: 1.2 - 29-02-12 - CR - Added shutil module and added one line to move the zipped up logs to the zipped_logs directory

# Description			: Zip up all the logs in the given directory

import os																	# Load the Library Module
import shutil																# Load the Library Module - 1.2
from time import strftime												# Load just the strftime Module from Time

logsdir="c:\logs\puttylogs"											# Set the Variable logsdir
zipdir="c:\logs\puttylogs\zipped_logs"							# Set the Variable zipdir - 1.2
zip_program="zip.exe"												# Set the Variable zip_program - 1.1

for files in os.listdir(logsdir):										# Find all the files in the directory
	if files.endswith(".log"):											# Check to ensure the files in the directory end in .log
		files1=files+"."+strftime("%Y-%m-%d")+".zip"		# Create the Variable files1, this is the files in the directory, then we add a suffix with the date and the zip extension
		os.chdir(logsdir) 												# Change directory to the logsdir
		os.system(zip_program + " " +  files1 +" "+ files)	# Zip the logs into dated zip files for each server. - 1.1
		shutil.move(files1, zipdir)									# Move the zipped log files to the zipped_logs directory - 1.2
		os.remove(files)													# Remove the original log files