This auto backups the zip and folder for tally data

tally_backup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""tally_backup.py: this auto backups the zip and folder for tally data."""

__author__      = "Jatin Kumar Malik (@jatinkmalik)"


import os
import zipfile
import shutil
import datetime

# constants
TALLY_DATA_PATH = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Tally.ERP9"
TALLY_BACKUP_ZIP_PATH = "D:\\tally_auto_backups\\zip\\"
TALLY_BACKUP_FILE_PATH = "D:\\tally_auto_backups\\file\\"


def dozip(source_folder, target_zip):
    zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(target_zip, "w-")
    for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(source_folder):
        for file in files:
            print(os.path.join(subdir, file))
            zipf.write(os.path.join(subdir, file))

    print("Created zip:", target_zip)


def docopy(source_folder, target_folder):
    for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(source_folder):
        for file in files:
            print(os.path.join(subdir, file))
            shutil.copy2(os.path.join(subdir, file), target_folder)

    print("Copied files:", target_folder)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print("Starting backup for Tally 9")
    dt = datetime.datetime.now()

    # zip to backup folder
    source_folder = TALLY_DATA_PATH
    target_zip = "{0}\\{1}.zip".format(TALLY_BACKUP_ZIP_PATH, dt)
    dozip(source_folder, target_zip)

    # copy to backup folder
    source_folder = TALLY_DATA_PATH
    target_folder = "{0}\\{1}".format(TALLY_BACKUP_FILE_PATH, dt)
    docopy(source_folder, target_folder)

    print("Ending backup:", dt)