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How to Archive Old Files by Age in Python

Move files older than a specified number of days from a source directory to an archive directory using Python's pathlib and shutil modules.

file-archiving pathlib shutil
Python 
import os
import shutil
import time
from pathlib import Path

def archive_old_files(source_dir: str, archive_dir: str, days_old: int) -> None:
    cutoff_time = time.time() - (days_old * 86400)  # 86400 seconds in a day
    archive_path = Path(archive_dir)
    archive_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

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