#!/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 = ['d:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\myfirsttest', 'd:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\jobs']

# 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 = 'd:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\' # 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

def backupFolds(target_dir = 'd:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\',\

source = ['d:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\myfirsttest',\

'd:\\workspaces\\python\\django\\myproj\\jobs'], comment = 'zipname'):

today = target_dir + time.strftime('%Y%m%d')

# The current time is the name of the zip archive

now = time.strftime('%H%M%S')

# Create the subdirectory if it isn't already there

if not os.path.exists(today):

os.mkdir(today) # make directory

print 'Successfully created directory', today

# Take a comment from the user to create the name of the zip file

# comment = raw_input('Enter a comment --> ')

if len(comment) == 0: # check if a comment was entered

target = today + os.sep + now + '.zip'

else:

target = today + os.sep + now + '_' + \

comment.replace(' ', '_') + '.zip'

# Notice the backslash!

# 5. We use the zip command (in Unix/Linux) to put the files in a zip archive

print source, target_dir

zip_command = "rar a %s %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))

print zip_command

# Run the backup

if os.system(zip_command) == 0:

print 'Successful backup to', target

else:

print 'Backup FAILED'

backupFolds()