iso creation for python backup script

[John Purser]

Windows itself (2000+) comes with it's own backup solution that might
even support burning to disk.  I haven't used MS in a year or so but it
might be worth looking at.

John Purser

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 22:55 -0500, Ryan Krauss wrote:
> Something like burn4free could work if there was a way to write an
> input script for it.  I am trying to avoid manually adding different
> folders to the backup each time.  I want a script that does it all for
> me.
> 
> On 9/6/06, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> > Ryan Krauss wrote:
> > > I would like to write a python script to backup my wife's important
> > > stuff to a CD or DVD.  She is running windows.  Is there an easy way
> > > to create as iso image file using python or some other way to use
> > > python to create (and burn?) a cd?  I am open to other free cd backup
> > > tools that work in windows if there are any suggestions, but I want a
> > > lot of flexibility about what goes into the backup (which is why I
> > > would prefer to do it in python and have full control).
> > >
> > I'll leave others to answer the Python question, but I use Burn4Free
> > (http://www.burn4free.com/) - this product wil also write ISO images
> > should you choose to create them in Python.
> >
> > regards
> >   Steve
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