AutoGetBak

Python GUI app to find and purge .bak files created by AutoCAD products.

Description

When working in an engineering team, that works from synced project directories, the backup files generated by AutoCad products can start to add up. This application is written in Python and uses the built-in tkinter GUI framework to allow the user to choose a parent directory and quickly display a list of all located .bak files. Only files found with a matching .dwg file will be displayed. This prevents purging dangling backups. The displayed list allows selecting individual files, allowing the user to selectively purge unwanted backups.

Dependencies

• Python 3.11+ to run the script
• Windows for the release .exe

Installing

• The .exe is stand-alone, just open to run.

Authors

Author:

SituationUnknown(AAM1130) - GitHub

Version History

• 0.2

  • removed static size limit on the list view window
  • added vertical and horizontal scroll bars

• 0.1

  • Initial Release

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

Inspiration, code snippets, etc.

• awesome-readme