This tool takes a source & destination path to then either copy or update data.
If the data doesn't exist it is automatically copied.
If the data already exist the source & destination files last modified timestamps are compared.
If the source file has a more recent last modified timestamp, the destination is updated accordingly.
There are also built in srcDoc/destDock directories that can be utilized by simply hitting enter then providing an absolute path.
The program is licensed under GNU Public License v3.0
This program runs on Windows 10 & Debian-based Linux, written in Python 3.9 and updated to version 3.10.6
- Run the setup.py script to build a virtual environment and install all external packages in the created venv.
Examples:
- Windows:python setup.py venv
- Linux:python3 setup.py venv
- Once virtual env is built traverse to the (Scripts-Windows or bin-Linux) directory in the environment folder just created.
- For Windows, in the venv\Scripts directory, execute
activateoractivate.batscript to activate the virtual environment. - For Linux, in the venv/bin directory, execute
source activateto activate the virtual environment. - If for some reason issues are experienced with the setup script, the alternative is to manually create an environment, activate it, then run pip install -r packages.txt in project root.
- To exit from the virtual environment when finished, execute
deactivate.
- Open up shell such as command prompt or terminal
- Enter directory containing program and execute in shell
- Enter the absolute path of the source & destination directories to copy/update data either in a single directory or recursively
- OR if you would like to exit hit Ctrl + C
-- backup_buddy.py --
copy_file - Copies file in error validated wrapper.
copy_handler - If file exists check if the source file has a more recent time stamp than the destination file, if so copy the file. If the file does not exist, simply copy the file.
dir_copy - Confirms the directory of the destination path exists. If not, the directory is created to prevent errors.
print_err - Prints time controlled error message via stderr.
file_handler - Handles the file copy whether it is the base path or a folder in the recursive path.
dir_handler - Handles the directory copy whether it is the base path or a folder in the recursive path.
single_mode - Copies contents of source path to dest path in non-recursive manner.
mode_input - Prompt user whether they want to recursively copy or just a single directory.
path_input - Gets the source path where to the data is to be copied from and the destination path where the data is to be copied to.
main - Gathers users input and executes file copy operations based on the source and destination path provided.
0 - Successful operation
1 - Unexpected error occurred