make a script to make directories and copy files

[motownmutt@]

OK, I could easily have done this by hand two days ago, but I'm lazy and undisciplined. I'm backing up a bunch of files from different directories to a zip disk. All's I've managed/mangled together is the following pcode, I'd like to create a script file to do this for me. Here's what I have so far:

  ls > newfileset v = read first line of newfile  mmd z:/$v/  cd $v  mcopy * z:/$v/  cd ..next line of newfile

more newfile
bin
c
core
cpp
junk
mail
mbox
newfile
nsmail
perl
sed
sysvars
textrpg, (I think this is from waaaay back when? I've never even uncompressed it!)

I know I could make this in a minute using excel or vba, but well, you might've guessed this is a linux machine...

Does this warrant a code contest?

Edited by: motownmutt at: 9/16/04 1:53 am

[Cerulean]

You want to back directorys up?
How about

tar cxf /mnt/zip/backup.tar.gz /home/bob/folder

where 'folder' contains all the directories you want to back up?
Or if you want a script which backs up everything in the file:

filestobackup.txt:

/home/paul/someimportantfolder/doc1.sxw
/home/paul/Python/pyqt
/home/paul/bin
/home/paul/Blender

backup.py:

  #!/usr/bin/pythonimport sys, osfilelines = list()f = file("filewithnames.txt", "r")pathtozip = "/mnt/zip/"   # must end with a slashfor i in range(0, 100):        s = f.readline()        if not s:                break        s = s.strip()        filelines.append(s)for filename in filelines:        strippedFilename = os.path.basename(filename)        command = "tar czf %s%s.tar.gz %s" % (pathtozip, strippedFilename, filename)        print command        if os.system(command) == 0:                sys.stdout.write("Backed up %s successfully\n" % strippedFilename)        else:                sys.stderr.write("Error saving to disk\n")

Edited by: Cerulean Wave at: 9/16/04 12:59 pm

[ModusPonens]

C#

 class FileStuff{    static void Main()    {        //Make Directory        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\\MyDirectory");        //Copy File        System.IO.File.Copy("C:\\MyFile.txt", "C:\\MyDirectory\\MyFile.txt");    }}

[Blankety Blank Man]

this is interesting... i've got a program on my computer (incomplete) designed to do the opposite: cause file system havoc!
(though, for the most part only prank-style stuff: changing file/folder names, changing date modified, setting read only, but it can also delete stuff...)

[jorizel]

hey,can i ask u something, plz dont ignore me coz i need it verymuch, this is my question how to make a copy C- system if ull answer my question im very thankful dude i need it for my my assignment coz im student of college computer science is cors, can u help??// just email me at jorizel_26@yahoo.com......... thanks!!!! takecare

[bdi]

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