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#!/usr/bin/python # Filename: backup_ver1.py import os import time # 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list. source = ['"C:\\\\My Documents"', 'C:\\\\Code'] # 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 target_dir = 'E:\\\\Backup' # 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 + os.sep + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip' # 5. We use the zip command to put the files in a zip archive zip_command = "zip -qr {0} {1}".format(target, ' '.join(source)) # Run the backup if os.system(zip_command) == 0: print('Successful backup to', target) else: print('Backup FAILED')