A Python tool that automatically backs up your important files<\/strong> to another folder, external drive, or cloud folder (Google Drive\/OneDrive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714 Automatically copies all files from source \u2192 backup folder All are built-in<\/strong> (no installation needed), except schedule (optional):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create: schedule_backup.py<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Runs backup every day at 9 AM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Python tool that automatically backs up your important files to another folder, external drive, or cloud folder (Google Drive\/OneDrive). \ud83c\udfaf What This Backup Script Can Do \u2714 Automatically copies all files from source \u2192 backup folder\u2714 Creates a new backup folder with date (optional)\u2714 Logs which files were copied\u2714 Can run daily\/weekly using scheduler\u2714 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetypingpro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\n\ud83c\udfaf What This Backup Script Can Do<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\u2714 Creates a new backup folder with date (optional)
\u2714 Logs which files were copied
\u2714 Can run daily\/weekly using scheduler
\u2714 Supports multiple source folders
\u2714 Avoids copying duplicates
\u2714 Shows backup summary
\u2714 Works on Windows, Mac, Linux<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83e\uddf0 Python Modules Used<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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shutil<\/code> \u2013 copying files<\/li>\n\n\n\nos<\/code> \u2013 file paths<\/li>\n\n\n\ndatetime<\/code> \u2013 timestamp folders<\/li>\n\n\n\nhashlib<\/code> \u2013 prevents duplicate backup<\/li>\n\n\n\nschedule<\/code> \u2013 auto backups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\npip install schedule\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udcc1 Folder Structure<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
AutoBackup\/\n\u2502\u2500\u2500 backup.py\n\u2502\u2500\u2500 config.json\n\u2502\u2500\u2500 logs.txt\n\u2502\u2500\u2500 backups\/\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udccc config.json Example<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
{\n \"source_paths\": [\n \"C:\/Users\/Sameer\/Documents\",\n \"C:\/Users\/Sameer\/Desktop\/Projects\"\n ],\n \"backup_path\": \"D:\/Backups\",\n \"create_daily_folder\": true\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83e\udde9 FULL WORKING BACKUP SCRIPT (backup.py)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
import os\nimport shutil\nimport json\nfrom datetime import datetime\nimport hashlib\n\n# Load config\nconfig = json.load(open(\"config.json\"))\nSOURCE_PATHS = config[\"source_paths\"]\nBACKUP_PATH = config[\"backup_path\"]\nDAILY_FOLDER = config[\"create_daily_folder\"]\n\n# Create daily backup folder\nif DAILY_FOLDER:\n today = datetime.now().strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\n BACKUP_PATH = os.path.join(BACKUP_PATH, today)\n\nos.makedirs(BACKUP_PATH, exist_ok=True)\n\ndef file_hash(path):\n \"\"\"Return MD5 hash of a file to prevent duplicate backup.\"\"\"\n hasher = hashlib.md5()\n with open(path, 'rb') as f:\n buf = f.read()\n hasher.update(buf)\n return hasher.hexdigest()\n\ndef backup_files():\n logs = []\n existing_hashes = set()\n\n # Load existing backup hashes\n for root, dirs, files in os.walk(BACKUP_PATH):\n for file in files:\n full_path = os.path.join(root, file)\n existing_hashes.add(file_hash(full_path))\n\n for src in SOURCE_PATHS:\n for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):\n for file in files:\n src_file = os.path.join(root, file)\n\n # Skip duplicates\n if file_hash(src_file) in existing_hashes:\n continue\n\n rel_path = os.path.relpath(root, src)\n dest_dir = os.path.join(BACKUP_PATH, rel_path)\n os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True)\n\n dst_file = os.path.join(dest_dir, file)\n shutil.copy2(src_file, dst_file)\n logs.append(f\"Copied: {src_file} \u2192 {dst_file}\")\n\n # Save logs\n with open(\"logs.txt\", \"a\") as f:\n f.write(\"\\n\".join(logs) + \"\\n\")\n\n print(\"Backup completed.\")\n print(f\"Total files copied: {len(logs)}\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n backup_files()\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u25b6 Run Manually<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
python backup.py\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u23f2\ufe0f Auto Backup Every Day<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
import schedule\nimport time\nimport os\n\ndef run_backup():\n os.system(\"python backup.py\")\n\nschedule.every().day.at(\"09:00\").do(run_backup)\n\nwhile True:\n schedule.run_pending()\n time.sleep(1)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n