Python script to convert folder to tar.gz for backing up with loading and progress bar in terminal.

backup_with_loading.py

#!/Users/mshiyaf/.pyenv/shims/python
import os
import tarfile
import time
import sys

def waiting(lenstr=20, zzz=0.5, dispstr='Backing up your files'):
    dots   = '.' * lenstr
    spaces = ' ' * lenstr
    print(dispstr.center(50, '*'))
    while True:
        for i in range(lenstr):
            time.sleep(zzz)
            outstr = dots[:i] + spaces[i:]
            sys.stdout.write('\b' * lenstr + outstr)
            sys.stdout.flush()

        for i in range(lenstr, 0, -1):
            time.sleep(zzz)
            outstr = dots[:i] + spaces[i:]
            sys.stdout.write('\b' * lenstr + outstr)   
            sys.stdout.flush() 



def update_progress(progress):
    barLength = 10 # Modify this to change the length of the progress bar
    status = ""
    if isinstance(progress, int):
        progress = float(progress)
    if not isinstance(progress, float):
        progress = 0
        status = "error: progress var must be float\r\n"
    if progress < 0:
        progress = 0
        status = "Halt...\r\n"
    if progress >= 1:
        progress = 1
        status = "Done...\r\n"
    block = int(round(barLength*progress))
    text = "\rPercent: [{0}] {1}% {2}".format( "#"*block + "-"*(barLength-block), progress*100, status)
    sys.stdout.write(text)
    sys.stdout.flush()


try:
    def create_new_tar(path,tar_name):
        log = open('/Users/mshiyaf/Code/backup.log','w')
        progress = 0
        file_name_array = []
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
                for file in files:
                    _node_modules = 'node_modules'
                    _vendor = 'vendor'
                    _next = '.next'
                    _git = '.git'
                    if (_node_modules not in root and _vendor not in root and _next not in root and _git not in root):
                        file_name_array.append(os.path.join(root,file))
        progress_length = len(file_name_array)
        with tarfile.open(tar_name,'w:gz') as tar_handle:
            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
                for file in files:
                    _node_modules = 'node_modules'
                    _vendor = 'vendor'
                    _next = '.next'
                    _git = '.git'
                    if (_node_modules not in root and _vendor not in root and _next not in root and _git not in root):
                        time_of_mod = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(root,file))))
                        time_now = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',time.localtime(time.time()))
                        print(root+'------'+file+'-------'+time_now+'------'+time_of_mod,file=log)
                        path = root
                        sep = path.split('/')[3] + '/'
                        path_to_back_up = path[path.find(sep):] +'/'+file
                        if(path[path.find(sep):] == 'l' or path[path.find(sep):] == 's'):
                            path_to_back_up = sep+file
                        tar_handle.add(os.path.join(root, file),arcname=path_to_back_up)
                        progress = progress + 1
                        update_progress(progress/progress_length)
        print(path.split('/')[3] + ' backup successful !')
        log.close()
except Exception as e:
    error_log = open('/Users/mshiyaf/Code/error.log','w')
    print(e,file=error_log)
    print(e)
    error_log.close()



if __name__ == '__main__':
    import _thread as thread

    thread.start_new_thread(waiting, (20, 0.5))
    create_new_tar('/Users/mshiyaf/Texol','/Users/mshiyaf/Dropbox/Back Up/Texol_BackUp_'+time.strftime('%d_%m_%Y',time.localtime(time.time()))+'.tgz')
    create_new_tar('/Users/mshiyaf/Sites','/Users/mshiyaf/Dropbox/Back Up/Sites_Backup_'+time.strftime('%d_%m_%Y',time.localtime(time.time()))+'.tgz')