I am trying to learn Python. I am working on a simple backup program
(code listed below). When using a source directory (the files to be
backed up) without spaces in the title, my program works fine [see
line 5]. If I try to access a directory with a space in the name the
program fails with this error message:
zip error:Nothing to do! (try: zip -qr C:\Backup\
[EMAIL PROTECTED] . -i C:\test\test2\\)
Backup FAILED
I've been trying to find the answer for a while now but am stumped and
don't know exactly what to look for. Any help would be greatly
appreciated!
1. # C:\python25\programs\
2. # File name: backup3debug.py
3. import os, time
4. # 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in
a list.
5. source = [r'C:\test\test2\\']
6. # 2. The backup must be stored in a main backup directory.
7. target_directory = r'C:\Backup\\'
8. # 3. The files are backed up into a zip file.
9. # 4. The name of the directory is the current date.
10. today = target_directory + time.strftime('%m.%d.%Y')
11. # The current time is the name of the zip archive.
12. now = time.strftime('[EMAIL PROTECTED]')
13. # Create the subdirectory if it does not exist already.
14. if not os.path.exists(today):
15. os.mkdir(today)
16. print 'Successfully created directory', today
17. # The name of the zip file.
18. target = os.path.join(today, now + '.zip')
19. # 5. We use the standard ''zip'' command to put the files in a
zip archive.
20. zip_command = "zip -qr %s %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))
21. print zip_command
22. # Run the backup
23. if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
24. print 'sucessful backup to', target
25. else:
26. print 'Backup FAILED'
When using a source like this on line 5:
source = [r'C:\test\test 2\\']
which has a space in the title, the program will not work.
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