I want a program which creates a backup of all my important files by Python

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#!/usr/bin/python# Filename: backup_ver4.pyimport osimport time# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.source = ['"C:\\My Documents"', 'C:\\Code']# Notice we had to use double quotes inside the string for names with spaces in it.# 2. The backup must be stored in a main backup directorytarget_dir = 'E:\\Backup' # Remember to change this to what you will be using# 3. The files are backed up into a zip file.# 4. The current day is the name of the subdirectory in the main directorytoday = target_dir + os.sep + time.strftime('%Y%m%d')# The current time is the name of the zip archivenow = time.strftime('%H%M%S')# Take a comment from the user to create the name of the zip filecomment = input('Enter a comment --> ')if len(comment) == 0: # check if a comment was enteredtarget = today + os.sep + now + '.zip'else:target = today + os.sep + now + '_' + \comment.replace(' ', '_') + '.zip'# Create the subdirectory if it isn't already thereif not os.path.exists(today):os.mkdir(today) # make directoryprint('Successfully created directory', today)# 5. We use the zip command to put the files in a zip archivezip_command = "zip -qr {0} {1}".format(target, ' '.join(source))# Run the backupif os.system(zip_command) == 0:print('Successful backup to', target)else:print('Backup FAILED')
Output:
$ python backup_ver4.py
Enter a comment --> added new examples
Successful backup to
E:\Backup\20080702\202836_added_new_examples.zip
$ python backup_ver4.py
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Successful backup to E:\Backup\20080702\202839.zip