import os
import time
# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified in a list.
source = [r'D:\important']
# 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 = 'D:\\backup\\backup' # 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
rar_command = '"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" a %s %s'% (target, ' '.join(source))
# Run the backup
if os.system(rar_command) == 0:
print 'Successful backup to', target
else:
print 'Backup FAILED'