#!/usr/bin/python import os import time # 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list. source = ['/home/', '/home/python/back.py'] # 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 # 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)) # Run the backup if os.system(zip_command) == 0: print 'Successful backup to', target else: print 'Backup FAILED' ~