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- import os
- import time
- # 1. The files and directories to be backed up are
- # specified in a list.
- # Example on Windows:
- # source = ['"C:\\My Documents"', 'C:\\Code']
- # Example on Mac OS X and Linux:
- source = ['/Users/swa/notes']
- # Notice we had to use double quotes inside the string
- # for names with spaces in it.
- # 2. The backup must be stored in a
- # main backup directory
- # Example on Windows:
- # target_dir = 'E:\\Backup'
- # Example on Mac OS X and Linux:
- target_dir = '/Users/swa/backup'
- # Remember to change this to which folder you will be using
- # 3. The files are backed up into a zip file.
- # 4. The name of the zip archive is the current date and time
- target = target_dir + os.sep + \
- time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip'
- # Create target directory if it is not present
- if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
- os.mkdir(target_dir) # make directory
- # 5. We use the zip command to put the files in a zip archive
- zip_command = "zip -r {0} {1}".format(target,
- ' '.join(source))
- # Run the backup
- print "Zip command is:"
- print zip_command
- print "Running:"
- if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
- print 'Successful backup to', target
- else:
- print 'Backup FAILED'
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