python的os和sys
http://linux.chinaitlab.com/manual/python_chinese/ch14.html
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#!/usr/bin/python# Filename: backup_ver1.pyimport osimport time# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.source = ['/home/swaroop/byte', '/home/swaroop/bin']# 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 directorytarget_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 timetarget = 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 archivezip_command = "zip -qr '%s' %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))# Run the backupif os.system(zip_command) == 0: print 'Successful backup to', targetelse: print 'Backup FAILED'