HowTo:  Automate the process of deleting geoprocessing history

sdeconn 

remove_gp_history_xslt 

out_xml

#Import arcpy module

import arcpy, os, string





def RemoveGpHistory_fd(sdeconn,remove_gp_history_xslt,out_xml):

    arcpy.ClearWorkspaceCache_management()

    for fd in arcpy.ListDatasets():

        arcpy.env.workspace = sdeconn + os.sep + fd

        for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():

            

            name_xml = out_xml + os.sep + str(fc) + ".xml"

            #Process: XSLT Transformation

            arcpy.XSLTransform_conversion(sdeconn + os.sep + fd + os.sep + fc, remove_gp_history_xslt, name_xml, "")

            print "Completed xml coversion on {0} {1}".format(fd,fc)

            # Process: Metadata Importer

            arcpy.MetadataImporter_conversion(name_xml,sdeconn + os.sep + fd + os.sep + fc)

            print "Imported XML on {0}".format(fc)

   

             

def RemoveGpHistory_fc(sdeconn,remove_gp_history_xslt,out_xml):

    arcpy.ClearWorkspaceCache_management()

    arcpy.env.workspace = sdeconn

    for fx in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():

        

        name_xml = out_xml + os.sep + str(fx) + ".xml"

        #Process: XSLT Transformation

        arcpy.XSLTransform_conversion(sdeconn + os.sep + fx, remove_gp_history_xslt, name_xml, "")

        print "Completed xml coversion on {0}".format(fx)

        # Process: Metadata Importer

        arcpy.MetadataImporter_conversion(name_xml,sdeconn + os.sep + fx)

        print "Imported XML on {0}".format(fx)

   

    

if __name__== "__main__":

    

    # Local variables:

    sdeconn = "Database Connections\\CHILD_SAFARI_SQL.sde"

    arcpy.env.workspace = sdeconn

    remove_gp_history_xslt = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.1\\Metadata\\Stylesheets\\gpTools\\remove geoprocessing history.xslt"

    out_xml = "C:\\XML_out"

    os.mkdir(out_xml)

    RemoveGpHistory_fd(sdeconn,remove_gp_history_xslt,out_xml)

    RemoveGpHistory_fc(sdeconn,remove_gp_history_xslt,out_xml)