script to back up the game saves directory for Uplink (http://store.steampowered.com/app/1510/)

uplink-user-backup.py

import errno
import datetime
import os
import shutil

# Ripped from http://stackoverflow.com/a/1994840
def copyanything(src, dst):
    try:
        shutil.copytree(src, dst)
    except OSError as exc: # python >2.5
        if exc.errno == errno.ENOTDIR:
            shutil.copy(src, dst)
        else: raise

# Make a timestamp-labeled backup of the "users" directory.
def make_backup():
    timenow = str(datetime.datetime.utcnow())
    timeformatted = timenow.replace(' ', '-').replace(':', '-')
    copyanything('users', 'users-backup-' + timeformatted)

# Save this file to the steam\SteamApps\common\Uplink directory and run it.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_backup()