Useful Backup Script

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Filename: backup.py
 
import os
import time
 
# Change the paths to what you'd like backed up
source = ['/home/root/*', '/home/root/bin']
 
# Backup must be stored in a main backup directory
# Remember to change this to what you will be using.
target_dir = '/mnt/e/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: #check if a comment was entered
 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', target_dir
else:
  print 'Backup FAILED'