#!/usr/bin/python
# backup_partition.py
# Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au>
import sys
import os
global version
version = "backup_partition 0.3 Rev 5 (http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/projects/python/backup_partition/)"
def cmdoptions():
"""Checks how many argvs there are using the help of the built in function
len.
Then it looks at each argument and does a certain action depending on the
argument.
Uses a loop to do this, see below for details."""
backup = False #Don't yet create a backup since -b has not been entered
if len(sys.argv) == 1: # No arguments supplied
print "Please supply some arguments"
print "Usage: -b <partition> -v version -h help."
sys.exit() #Tell the user a descriptive error and exit
i = len(sys.argv) #Assign number of arguments to i
# Following loop checks each arg (stops when it runs out of argvs,
# by looking at i and
#Choosing an action in the if block.
for i in sys.argv[1:]:
if i == "-h": #print help
print (usage())
sys.exit()
elif i == "-v": #print version info
print version
sys.exit()
elif i == "-b": #Get info for backing up
backup = True
continue
elif backup == True:
if not os.path.exists(i):
print "The path", i ,"does not exist."
sys.exit()
elif os.path.exists(i):
backup = False #So the right messages are printed and the loop doesn't execute this code all the time
print "The path", i ,"does exist"
if backup == True: #Should be executed if not partition path is supplied...
print "Please enter the path to a partition if you are using -b"
def usage():
"""Prints the command line arguments available.
One of the main documentation functions available. Accessed with -h
and maybe from other places."""
#Assign a long string to the variable help return the variable help
#and then the function calling us can do whatever it likes with it.
help = """ Still needs a bit of work...
Perhaps docstrings should be used, but not up to documentation
yet... """
return help
if __name__ == "__main__":
cmdoptions() #Call the main function to choose an action for each
#argument supplied, also tells user about errors