Converting a system command to python for file search and delete

Question

I have a cron job that deletes files based on their age using the command:

find /path/to/file/ -type f -mmin +120|xargs -I file rm \'file\'

Answer 1

use os.popen()

>>>os.popen("find /path/to/file/ -type f -mmin +120|xargs -I file rm 'file'")

or you can use the subprocess module:

>>> from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
>>> stdout= Popen(['ls','-l'], shell=False, stdout=PIPE).communicate()
>>> print(stdout)

Answer 2

My method would be:

import os
import time

def checkfile(filename):
    filestats = os.stat(filename) # Gets infromation on file.
    if time.time() - filestats.st_mtime > 120: # Compares if file modification date is more than 120 less than the current time.
        os.remove(filename) # Removes file if it needs to be removed.

path = '/path/to/folder'

dirList = os.listdir(path) # Lists specified directory.
for filename in dirList:
    checkfile(os.path.join(path, filename)) # Runs checkfile function.

Edit: I tested it, it didn't work, so i fixed the code and i can confirm it works.