#!/usr/bin/python
import sys, urllib
host = sys.argv[1]
days = sys.argv[2]
oldFile = '/var/lib/bla'
url = "%s/Control_Panel/Database/manage_pack?days:float=%s" % (host, days)
try:
    f = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
    if (os.exists(oldFile))
         os.remove(oldFile)
except IOError:
    print "Cannot open URL %s, aborting" % url
    print "Successfully packed ZODB on host %s" % host