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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/**
+ * GNU social - a federating social network
+ *
+ * GNU Social - StoreRemoteMediaPlugin
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   GNUsocial
+ * @copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation http://fsf.org
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      https://www.gnu.org/software/social/
+ */
+
+// Script author: Diogo Cordeiro <diogo@fc.up.pt>
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../..'));
+
+$longoptions = ['limit='];
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_HELP
+remove_remote_media.php [options]
+Keeps an URL for the original attachments and removes both the original file and the related thumbs.
+
+    --limit date <- this is a timestamp, format is: yyyy-mm-dd (optional time hh:mm:ss may be provided)
+
+END_OF_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
+
+$quiet = have_option('q', 'quiet');
+
+if (!have_option('limit')) {
+    show_help();
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$max_date = get_option_value('limit');
+
+$query = "
+    SELECT 
+        file_to_post.file_id
+    FROM
+        file_to_post
+            INNER JOIN
+        file ON file.id = file_to_post.file_id
+            INNER JOIN
+        notice ON notice.id = file_to_post.post_id
+    WHERE
+        file.filehash IS NOT NULL
+            AND file.filename IS NOT NULL
+            AND file.width IS NOT NULL
+            AND file.height IS NOT NULL
+            AND notice.source <> 'web'
+            AND notice.modified <= '{$max_date}'
+    ORDER BY notice.modified ASC
+";
+
+$fn = new DB_DataObject();
+$fn->query($query);
+while ($fn->fetch()) {
+    $file = File::getByID($fn->file_id);
+    $file_info_id = $file->getID();
+    // Delete current file
+    $file->delete();
+    if (!$quiet) {
+        echo "Deleted file with id: {$file_info_id}\n";
+    }
+}