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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""boto-empty-deleted-versions -- delete all versions of deleted files from an s3 bucket"""
+
+import boto
+from boto.s3 import deletemarker
+
+def main():
+    """Main procedure"""
+
+    bucket = sys.argv[1]
+
+    connection = boto.connect_s3()
+    bucket = connection.get_bucket(bucket)
+
+    files_to_delete = []
+    for version in bucket.list_versions():
+        if isinstance(version, deletemarker.DeleteMarker) and version.is_latest:
+            files_to_delete.append(version.name)
+
+    for version in bucket.list_versions():
+        if version.name in files_to_delete:
+            print "deleting", version.name, "version", version.version_id
+            bucket.delete_key(version.name, version_id=version.version_id)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()