[Tutor] Backupfile program. Help. Thanks.

[Ricardo Aráoz]

shimon gurman wrote:
> Can someone explain to me why this program isnt working? i.e. I always get 'backup failed'? 
> This is a program from byte of python tutorial and im using windows xp.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> import os, time
> 
> 
> 
> source = ['d:\\python']
> 
> 
> target_directory = 'd:\\python1'
> 
> target = target_directory + time.strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S') + '.zip'
> 
> zip_command = "zip -qr '%s' %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))
> 
> print zip_command
> 
> 
> if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
>     print 'Successful backup to', target
> else:
>     print 'Backup FAILED'
> 

try (I'm guessing) :

target_directory = 'd:\\python1\\'
and / or
zip_command = 'zip -qr "%s" "%s"' % (target, ' '.join(source))

(your second %s was not enclosed in ", besides it's probably better to
use " than ', can't remember right now)
Are you sure that is a '-qr' or should it be '-pr'? I can not check it
because I use 7-zip (here p would set password and r recurse directories).