python 打包（tar）实例

[root@localhost ~]# cat backup_ver1.py
#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup_ver1.py
import os
import time
# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.
source = '/tmp/tomcat'
# If you are using Windows, use source = [r'C:\Documents', r'D:\Work'] or something like that
# 2. The backup must be stored in a main backup directory
target_dir = '/tmp/' # Remember to change this to what you will be using
# 3. The files are backed up into a zip file.
# 4. The name of the zip archive is the current date and time
target = target_dir + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip'
# 5. We use the zip command (in Unix/Linux) to put the files in a zip archive
tar_command = "tar -zcvf '%s' %s" % (target, ''.join(source))
# Run the backup
if os.system(tar_command) == 0:
 print 'Successful backup to', target
# print 'succesful',
else:
 print 'Backup FAILED'