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--- personal:portfolio:rsync-python-script [2014/07/26 20:23]
antonello
+++ personal:portfolio:rsync-python-script [2024/02/12 10:23] (current)
antonello Updated to Python3 (just print function). Tested working in Ubuntu 22.04
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 ====== Rsync Python script ======
-A Python script that wrap rsync to have rolling backups for the latest n days, deleting the old ones. Nice because in this approach rsync uses hard links to build incremental backups that appear as full backups.
+A Python script that wraps rsync to have rolling backups for the latest n days, deleting the old ones. Nice because in this approach rsync uses hard links to build incremental backups that appear as full backups.
 Of course it needs to be run under cron.
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   maxbkps_d = 0
-  print "** INFO: Starting rsync backup of "+basedir+" to "+bkpsdir+" - "+str(now.year)+"."+str(now.month)+"."+str(now.day)+" "+str(now.hour)+":"+str(now.minute)
+  print("** INFO: Starting rsync backup of "+basedir+" to "+bkpsdir+" - "+str(now.year)+"."+str(now.month)+"."+str(now.day)+" "+str(now.hour)+":"+str(now.minute))
   # If a complete backup for today already exists I remove it as I can't create an incremental of itself..
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     if (parts[0] == bkpsbase):
       if len(parts) != 2:
-        print "**** ERROR: There is a problem with a directory starting with bkpsbase but not having the date elements.. ("+bkpdir+")"
+        print("**** ERROR: There is a problem with a directory starting with bkpsbase but not having the date elements.. ("+bkpdir+")")
       else:
         de = parts[1].split('-') # date elements
         if len(de) != 3:
-          print "**** ERROR: There is a problem with a directory having a subset of the date elements.. ("+bkpdir+")"
+          print("**** ERROR: There is a problem with a directory having a subset of the date elements.. ("+bkpdir+")")
         else:
           # removing old bkps
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   if (maxbkps_y == 0): # first backup
-    print "** INFO: Performing first backup of the serie.."
+    print("** INFO: Performing first backup of the serie..")
     bkpcommand2 = "rsync --archive --one-file-system --hard-links "
     bkpcommand2 += "--human-readable --inplace --numeric-ids --delete "
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   os.system(bkpcommand3)
-  print "** INFO: rsync backup completed - "+str(now.year)+"."+str(now.month)+"."+str(now.day)+" "+str(now.hour)+":"+str(now.minute)
+  print("** INFO: rsync backup completed - "+str(now.year)+"."+str(now.month)+"."+str(now.day)+" "+str(now.hour)+":"+str(now.minute))
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