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Add lightweight daemon thread to periodically cleanup garbage #14

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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions server/Server.py
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from flask import jsonify
import shutil
from filelock import FileLock
import threading
import time

TRIMMED_LOGS = False

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SEPARATOR = "/"
WORKDIR = "userfiles/"

CLEANUP_PERIOD=3600
#lightweight daemon to clear abandoned sessions and lockfiles
def gc_sessions():
while True:
time.sleep(CLEANUP_PERIOD) #run periodically
for directory in glob.glob(WORKDIR + "*"):
if os.path.isdir(directory) and time.time() - os.path.getmtime(directory) > CLEANUP_PERIOD:
shutil.rmtree(directory, ignore_errors=True)
threading.Thread(target=gc_sessions, daemon=True).start()

@app.route('/')
def hello_world():
return render_template('home.html')
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