#filename; backup_ver3.py
import os
import time
source = ['/home/book/Desktop/happy','/home/book/Desktop/new']
target_dir = '/home/book/Desktop/backup'
today = target_dir + time.strftime('%Y%m%d')
now = time.strftime('%H%M%S')
comment = raw_input('Enter a comment-->')
if len(comment) == 0:
target = today + os.sep + now + '.zip'
else:
target = today + os.sep + now + '_' + comment.replace(' ','_') + '.zip'
if not os.path.exists(today):
os.mkdir(today)
print 'Successfully created directory',today
zip_command = "zip -qr '%s' %s" % (target,' '.join(source))
if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
print 'Successful backup to %s' % target
else:
print 'Backup FAILED'