# Generate a base file name
import os
import time

import win32api
import win32evtlog


def BackupClearLog(logType):
    datePrefix = time.strftime("%Y%m%d", time.localtime(time.time()))
    retry = 0
    while True:  # file exists
        index = "" if retry == 0 else f"-{retry}"
        fname = os.path.join(
            win32api.GetTempPath(),
            f"{datePrefix}{index}-{logType}.evt",
        )
        if not os.path.exists(fname):
            break
        retry += 1
    # OK - have unique file name.
    try:
        hlog = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(None, logType)
    except win32evtlog.error as details:
        print("Could not open the event log", details)
        return
    try:
        if win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(hlog) == 0:
            print("No records in event log %s - not backed up" % logType)
            return
        win32evtlog.ClearEventLog(hlog, fname)
        print(f"Backed up {logType} log to {fname}")
    finally:
        win32evtlog.CloseEventLog(hlog)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    BackupClearLog("Application")
    BackupClearLog("System")
    BackupClearLog("Security")