rolling-backup 0.0.1

create rolling backups of a file

rolling-backup

create rolling backups of a file

installation

$ pip install rolling-backup

Usage

from rolling_backup import backup
backup(filename, num_to_keep=12)

returns True on success otherwise False

Creates up to 12 rolling backups of file filename by appending zeroes to the filename.

Example Usage

>>> import os
>>> from rolling_backup import backup
>>> os.listdir(".")
['file.txt']
>>> backup('file.txt', num_to_keep=12)
True
>>> os.listdir(".")
['file.txt', 'file.txt.00']