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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+
+test_if_ancient()
+{
+    d=$1
+    ttl=$2
+
+    mtime=$(stat --format "%Y" "$d")
+    tod=$(($mtime + 3600*24*$ttl))
+    now=$(date +%s)
+
+    [ "$optVerbose" -ge "2" ] && echo "Consider $d: ttl=$ttl, mod time=$mtime, time of death=$tod, now=$now"
+
+    [ "$tod" -lt "$now" ] && return 0
+    return 1
+}
+
+
+cleanit()
+{
+    d=$1
+    [ -d "$d" ] || exit 0
+    [ -e $d/.publish.ttl ] && ttl=`cat $d/.publish.ttl`
+
+    if test_if_ancient $d $ttl; then
+        [ "$optVerbose" -ge "1" ] && echo "Purge $d"
+        rm -rf "$d"
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat << EOF
+usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
+
+OPTIONS:
+   -h     Show this message.
+   -v     Give verbose output. Be more verbose with -vv.
+EOF
+}
+
+optVerbose=0
+
+while getopts "vh" OPTION; do
+    case $OPTION in
+        h)
+            usage
+            ;;
+        v)
+            optVerbose=$(($optVerbose + 1))
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+
+ttl=14
+[ -e ~/.publish-purge.cfg ] && . ~/.publish-purge.cfg
+
+# We would not like that cleanit removes files in directories that mallory set
+# as $base
+if ! stat --format=%a ~/.publish-purge.cfg | egrep -q ".00"; then
+    echo "For security reasons ~/.publish-purge.cfg should have no perms for group and others."
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$base" ]; then
+    echo "Please setup \$base in ~/.publish-purge.cfg"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! [ -e "$base" ]; then
+    echo "Unknown base directory $base"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd $base
+# We would not like to accidentily delete files in the wrong directory, hence
+# the paranoia check
+if ! [ -e .publish-purge.token ]; then
+    echo "Place a .publish-purge.token in $base"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for d in *; do
+    pushd . > /dev/null
+    # we launch a subshell so that setting $ttl within the subshell
+    # is not visible outside the subshell
+    ( cleanit $d )
+    popd > /dev/null
+done
+
+