#filename; backup_ver3.py import os import time source = ['/home/book/Desktop/happy','/home/book/Desktop/new'] target_dir = '/home/book/Desktop/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: 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 %s' % target else: print 'Backup FAILED'