#!/usr/bin/env python
# Filename: backup_ver1.py
import os
import time
# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.
#source=['/home/swaroop/byte','/home/swaroop/bin']
source=['D:\FileCopier\*.*','D:\jeecms_doc\*.*']
# If you are using Windows, use source=[r'C:Documents',r'D:Work'] or something like that
# 2. The backup must be stored in a main backup directory
#target_dir='/mnt/e/backup/' #Remember to change this to what you will be using
target_dir='E:\temp\' #Remember to change this to what 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+time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')+'.zip'
# 5. We use the zip command (in Unix/Linux) to put the files in a zip archive
#zip_command="zip -qr '%s' %s" %(target,' '.join(source))
zip_command="rar a " + target + ' '.join(source)
# Run the backup
if os.system(zip_command)==0:
print 'Successful backup to',target
else:
print 'Backup FAILED'