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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# script to clean up the deployments made by redeploy.py for vectorwebdev and vectorwebexp
+set -e
+
+# currently live deployment (full path)
+live=`dirname $(readlink -f "$HOME/live")`
+
+# currently live bundle (just the name of the bundle)
+live_bundle=`grep 'script src="bundles' live/index.html | sed -e 's#.*bundles/##' -e 's#/.*##'`
+
+# clean up 'extracted': find things which are older than 7 days, exclude the current live one, and remove
+find $HOME/extracted -maxdepth 1 -type d -ctime +7 \! -path "$live" -exec rm -r {} \;
+
+# clean up 'bundles': ditto
+find $HOME/bundles -maxdepth 1 -type d -ctime +7 \! -name "$live_bundle" -exec rm -r {} \;