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+++ b/forums/management/commands/forum_cleanup.py	Sat May 05 17:10:48 2012 -0500
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+"""
+forum_cleanup.py - A management command to cleanup forum model objects. Right
+now this entails deleting old forum and topic last visit records.
+
+"""
+import datetime
+
+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, CommandError
+
+from forums.models import ForumLastVisit, TopicLastVisit
+import forums.unread
+
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+    help = "This command deletes old forum and topic last visit records."
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **opts):
+
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        threshold = now - forums.unread.THRESHOLD * 2
+
+        # delete old topic last visit records
+        TopicLastVisit.objects.filter(last_visit__lt=threshold).delete()
+
+        # delete old forum visit records
+        ForumLastVisit.objects.filter(end_date__lt=threshold).delete()