This is my first time writing a python script. So, I need a little help getting kick started. In a folder called Test I have three PloneExternalFiles much like the Zope version of ExtFile. I am writing a python script to delete those files that are over 5 days old. I am trying to start small so for right now I don't want to worry about a scheduler, I just want to get started writing the script. I have some pseudocode that I have written and I am slowly tranferring it to the python script. So for example I want to pass the ploneexternalfile id's to the python script. So would I just put ## parameters=id ? Additionally, how would I compare the system date to the modification date of the file? I know in the PloneExternalFile.py they use getFileModDate method would I use this or do I need something else while id: mod_date = ? sys_date = ? cmp(mod_date, sys_date) if mod_date > 5 ?.manage_delObjects(id) Any ideas would help me. I have been stuck on this too long. Thanks.