Use last modification time to compare differences

.gitignore

@@ -94,3 +94,70 @@ docs/*
 !docs/Makefile
 !docs/make.bat
 !docs/conf.py
+
+### PyCharm+all ###
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and Webstorm
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff:
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/dictionaries
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files:
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+
+# Gradle:
+.idea/**/gradle.xml
+.idea/**/libraries
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-debug/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin:
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+## File-based project format:
+*.iws
+
+## Plugin-specific files:
+
+# IntelliJ
+/out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# Ruby plugin and RubyMine
+/.rakeTasks
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+
+### PyCharm+all Patch ###
+# Ignores the whole .idea folder and all .iml files
+# See https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186 and https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/360
+
+.idea/
+
+# Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-249601023
+
+*.iml
+modules.xml
+.idea/misc.xml
+*.ipr

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Cleaner - OUTDATED DO NOT INSTALL!
+# Cleaner
 
 [![License](http://img.shields.io/:license-mit-blue.svg)](http://badges.mit-license.org)
 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg)](http://recodex.github.io/cleaner/)
@@ -17,25 +17,11 @@ multi-platform. It uses only `pyyaml` library for reading configuration file and
 `argparse` library for processing command line arguments.
 
 It is a simple script which checks the cache folder, possibly deletes old files
-and then ends. This means that the cleaner has to be run repeatedly, for example
-using cron, systemd timer or Windows task scheduler. For proper function of the
-cleaner a suitable cronning interval has to be used. It is recommended to use
-24 hour interval which is sufficient enough for intended usage. The value is set
-in the configuration file of the cleaner.
-
-## Enable last access timestamp
-
-**Linux:**
-
-- open `/etc/fstab` as administrator
-- filesystem which will be used as `ReCodEx` cache has to have `strictatime` option specified
-- more on this subject can be found [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat_%28system_call%29#Criticism_of_atime)
-
-**Windows:**
-
-- start `cmd` with administrator permissions
-- run following command `fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 0`
-- restart computer and last time access timestamps should be functional
+(based on last modification times) and then ends. This means that the cleaner has
+to be run repeatedly, for example using cron, systemd timer or Windows task
+scheduler. For proper function of the cleaner a suitable cron interval has to
+be used. It is recommended to use 24 hour interval which is sufficient enough for
+intended usage. The value is set in the configuration file of the cleaner.
 
 ## How to run it
 
@@ -125,7 +111,7 @@ In case of manual execution, `cleaner` should be run using `cron` with some reco
 
 **Windows:**
 
-Cronning on Windows is provided by `Task Scheduler`. This can be done using GUI interface or with command line, command line description follows:
+Cron on Windows is provided by `Task Scheduler`. This can be done using GUI interface or with command line, command line description follows:
 
 - start `cmd` as administrator
 - find your `recodex-cleaner` installation on your filesystem, `C:\Program Files\ReCodEx\cleaner` will be used as demonstrative

cleaner/cleaner.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 class Cleaner:
     """
     Cleaner class handles cleaning of given cache folder.
-    Files are cleaned based on last access time, which have to be in interval given in configuration.
+    Files are cleaned based on last modification time, which have to be in interval given in configuration.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, config):
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@ def process_path(root, file, action):
 
             :param root: path to root directory, used as base
             :param file: name of file itself, root is used as base and joined with this
-            :param action: action which will be performed if access timestamp is older than given interval
+            :param action: action which will be performed if modification timestamp is older than given interval
             :return: Nothing
             """
+
             full_path = os.path.join(root, file)
-            last_access = round(os.stat(full_path).st_atime)
-            difference = now - last_access
+            last_modification = round(os.stat(full_path).st_mtime)
+            difference = now - last_modification
 
             print(full_path)
-            print("    last access: " + str(last_access))
+            print("    last modification: " + str(last_modification))
             print("    difference: " + str(difference))
 
             if difference > self._file_age: